Question follow-through · 903947
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken for cancer diagnoses.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 7 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken for cancer diagnoses.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 May 2025
Answer published
Our Plan for Change is already making an impact. In February, the proportion of patients getting a diagnosis or an all clear within four weeks was the highest yet. After outlining renewed focus on cancer standards in the Elective Reform Plan, we set new t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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