Cancer: Health Services
Commons · Question 112151 · Tabled 10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to HCWS1271, what metrics his Department uses to measure geographic inequalities in cancer diagnosis, treatment and survival; which regions perform worst on early diagnosis and canc
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 16 Feb 2026
The Department monitors geographic inequalities in cancer diagnosis and treatment through the NHS Cancer Waiting Time Standards, for which data is published at integrated care board and provider level. The NHS England Acute Provider Table for all 134 prov...