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Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the average cost of (a) bowel and (b) all cancer care at stage (i) 1, (ii), 2, (iii) 3 and (iv) 4 for patients referred by the NHS in England.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
16 Dec 2024
Answer
17 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the average cost of (a) bowel and (b) all cancer care at stage (i) 1, (ii), 2, (iii) 3 and (iv) 4 for patients referred by the NHS in England.

  2. 16 Dec 2024

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  3. 17 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    There is currently no available data on the average cost, broken down into cost per stage, of bowel cancer, or all cancer care. However, the following table shows the cost of cancer treatment in National Health Service trusts, reported over the last five ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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