Question follow-through · 7594
Cancer: Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to access radiotherapy treatment on cancer outcomes; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure patients that need radio
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 10 Oct 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Psychiatric Patients: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust · 8 Oct 2024
- Mental Health Services: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust · 8 Oct 2024
- Lung Cancer: Yorkshire · 8 Oct 2024
- Breast Cancer: Screening · 8 Oct 2024
- Carers: Health · 9 Oct 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
7 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to access radiotherapy treatment on cancer outcomes; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure patients that need radio
10 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government believes that cancer patients are waiting too long for diagnosis and treatment, including radiotherapy treatment. We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster. We will improve patients’ experience...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Psychiatric Patients: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
8 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many avoidable or preventable deaths of mental health patients at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS trust there have been in each of the last three years.
Mental Health Services: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
8 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints relating to the mental healthcare service at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS trust there have been in each of the last three years.
Lung Cancer: Yorkshire
8 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of eligible people have received a check through the targeted lung health check programme in Yorkshire since the establishment of that programme; and what steps he plan
Breast Cancer: Screening
8 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to (a) increase breast cancer screening rates to pre-covid-19 levels and (b) meet his Department's breast cancer screening targets.
Carers: Health
9 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the (a) physical and (b) mental health challenges faced by unpaid carers.
Bowel Cancer
28 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of bowel cancer.
Colonoscopy
28 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce the number of people waiting more than 6 weeks for a colonoscopy in England.
Bowel Cancer: Diagnosis
6 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the early diagnosis rate for bowel cancer.
Bowel Cancer: Health Services
6 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve outcomes for bowel cancer.
General Practitioners: North Yorkshire
11 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of GP-to-patient ratios in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency and (b) North Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
Diabetes and Eating Disorders: Health Services
16 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help develop guidelines for (a) general practitioners and (b) diabetes care teams on managing type one diabetes and disordered eating.
Diabetes and Eating Disorders: Health Services
16 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure individuals with type one diabetes and disordered eating have access to integrated care for both their (a) physical and (b) mental health needs.