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Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through the (a) NHS 10 Year Plan and (b) National Cancer Plan to increase levels of participation in NHS cancer screening programmes for (i) cervical, (ii) bowel, and (i

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
10 Jul 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 26 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through the (a) NHS 10 Year Plan and (b) National Cancer Plan to increase levels of participation in NHS cancer screening programmes for (i) cervical, (ii) bowel, and (i

  2. 30 Jun 2025

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  3. 10 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The National Health Service continues to prioritise improving cancer screening uptake. Early diagnosis is a key focus of the National Cancer Plan, which will build on the three shifts in care set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, including from sickness to ...

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Cancer: Young People

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the National Cancer Plan for England provides age-appropriate information on the symptoms of cancer for young people.

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Cancer: Young People

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help improve data collection on (a) teenagers and (b) young adults with cancer in relation to (i) staging at diagnosis, (ii) routes to diagnosis, (iii) emergency presentati

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Cancer: Young People

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what policies his Department plans to include in the National Cancer Plan on the earlier diagnosis of (a) teenagers and (b) young adults with cancer.

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Cancer: Young People

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Cancer: Young People

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Liver Diseases: Medical Treatments

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Liver Diseases: Nottinghamshire

16 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the number of patients with metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis on the NHS in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) Mansfield con

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Community Health Services

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Liver Diseases: Health Services

24 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the liver transformation programme led by the Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Clinical Reference Group will include a specific work stream to help address the unmet clinical need in metabolic dy

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Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatohepatitis

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Cancer: Children and Young People

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