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Pancreatic Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the early (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of pancreatic cancer.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Jul 2024
Target answer date
30 Jul 2024
Answer
1 Aug 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the early (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of pancreatic cancer.

  2. 30 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Aug 2024

    Answer published

    NHS England is delivering a range of interventions that are expected to improve early diagnosis and treatment for patients with suspected and diagnosed pancreatic cancer. For early diagnosis, this includes providing a route into pancreatic cancer surveill...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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