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Prostate Cancer: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle health inequalities in prostate cancer.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
6 Feb 2025
Target answer date
10 Feb 2025
Answer
17 Feb 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle health inequalities in prostate cancer.

  2. 10 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Making improvements across different cancer types, including prostate cancer, is critical to reducing disparities in cancer survival. Early cancer diagnosis is also a specific priority within the National Health Service’s wider Core20Plus5 approach to red...

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