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Question follow-through · 35791

Cancer: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration his Department has given to including a separate faster diagnosis target for children and young people with cancer.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
10 Mar 2025
Answer
17 Mar 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration his Department has given to including a separate faster diagnosis target for children and young people with cancer.

  2. 10 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) includes children and young people and ensures that cancer is diagnosed or ruled out, within 28 days from referral. The latest FDS data, for December 2024, shows that 89.8% of children and young people with suspected ca...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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