Question follow-through · 56593
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the APPG for Less Survivable Cancer's report entitled Inquiry into earlier detection and faster diagnosis published in June 2025, what steps he is taking to ensure GPs identify le
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the APPG for Less Survivable Cancer's report entitled Inquiry into earlier detection and faster diagnosis published in June 2025, what steps he is taking to ensure GPs identify le
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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12 Jun 2025
Answer published
It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including rare and less common cancers, earlier, in order to improve outcomes, including survival rates.We are streamlining referral routes and increasing the a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Cancer: Diagnosis
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3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing awareness campaigns on the (a) signs and (b) symptoms of cancer in (i) teenagers and (ii) young adults.
Cancer: Young People
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3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the membership is of the Patient Voice Panel as a part of the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce; and what meetings it has held in the last 12 months.
Cancer: Young People
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Urinary Tract Infections: Vaccination
4 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NICE (a) is reviewing and (b) plans to review available vaccines for Urinary Tract Infection for use in the UK.
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Prostate Cancer: Screening
16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review (a) guidelines and (b) referral criteria for the direct rectal examination for prostate cancer.
Cancer: Screening
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