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Cancer: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people in rural and farming communities to see their GP when they develop cancer symptoms.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Oct 2024
Target answer date
17 Oct 2024
Answer
24 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people in rural and farming communities to see their GP when they develop cancer symptoms.

  2. 17 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Increasing the diagnostic rates of cancer is a priority for the Government, and general practices (GPs) are key in achieving this goal. To encourage a wide range of groups, including people in rural and farming communities, to see their GP, NHS England ru...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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