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Breast Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve early breast cancer diagnosis.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
28 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve early breast cancer diagnosis.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Improving early diagnosis of cancer, including breast cancer, is a priority for the Government. The National Health Service will hit all cancer waiting time targets, so that no patient waits longer than they should.As the first step to ensure faster diagn...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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