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Blood Cancer: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of blood cancer data.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
8 Jan 2025
Answer
13 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of blood cancer data.

  2. 8 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The National Disease Registration Service, through the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Services (NCRAS), collects information on how many people in England are diagnosed with or treated for cancer. Blood cancer is included as a distinct category...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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