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Ovarian Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer through the non-specific symptoms pathway.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
7 Apr 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer through the non-specific symptoms pathway.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    NHS England does not hold comprehensive national data on cancers diagnosed through non-specific symptom (NSS) pathways since their roll out began. The data set records the number of gynaecological cancers diagnosed through NSS pathways but does not specif...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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