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Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis for prostate cancer.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
18 Nov 2024
Answer
20 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis for prostate cancer.

  2. 18 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Prostate cancer patients are waiting too long for a diagnosis and treatment. We will improve cancer survival rates and hit all National Health Service cancer waiting time targets so no patient waits longer than they should.We will find the best way to scr...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Health Education

28 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to help improve awareness of (a) Crohn’s disease, (b) ulcerative colitis and (c) inflammatory bowel disease.

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Colonoscopy: Waiting Lists

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Colonoscopy: Older People

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