Question follow-through · 66315
Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to enable earlier diagnosis for pancreatic cancer.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2025 · 8 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
9 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to enable earlier diagnosis for pancreatic cancer.
11 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises that pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to diagnose early. Its symptoms are often vague and non-specific, meaning many patients are diagnosed at a late stage when treatment options are limited and outcomes are...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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