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Cancer: Diagnosis

Commons · Question 101346 · Tabled 18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the additional number of people expected to be diagnosed with cancer as a result of increases in NHS cancer screening uptake in a) 2026, b) 2027 and c) 2028

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 20 Jan 2026

As a Government, we are taking decisive action so that the National Health Service diagnoses cancer earlier and treats it faster.Last year, we announced the introduction of self-test kits for under-screened women in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme. U...