Question follow-through · 62589

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to help ensure that the national cancer plan includes measures to support collaboration with partners across the cancer ecosystem.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
10 Jul 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to help ensure that the national cancer plan includes measures to support collaboration with partners across the cancer ecosystem.

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The National Cancer Plan will seek to foster improved collaboration with partners across the cancer ecosystem, including the voluntary and community sector.The 10-Year Health Plan laid out our vision for a Neighbourhood Health Service, which will rebalanc...

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