Question follow-through · 14440

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) pancreatic cancer and (b) other cancers with lower survival rates will have a focused section in the new cancer strategy.

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
19 Nov 2024
Answer
28 Nov 2024 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) pancreatic cancer and (b) other cancers with lower survival rates will have a focused section in the new cancer strategy.

  2. 19 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Government’s Health Mission sets the aim of building a National Health Service fit for the future and reducing the lives lost to the biggest killers, including cancer. As part of that work, and in response to Lord Darzi’s report, we have launched an e...

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Dental Services: East of England

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