Question follow-through · 42106

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness during Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month of the signs and symptoms of cancer in April 2025.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
31 Mar 2025
Answer
4 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness during Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month of the signs and symptoms of cancer in April 2025.

  2. 31 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    NHS England and other National Health Service organisations, nationally and locally, publish information on the signs and symptoms of many different types of cancer, including those that are most common in teenagers and young adults. Further information o...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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