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Rare Cancers: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) recognition of the signs and symptoms of rare cancers by General Practitioners and (b) rate of referral to specialist diagnostic testing for patients who
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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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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) recognition of the signs and symptoms of rare cancers by General Practitioners and (b) rate of referral to specialist diagnostic testing for patients who
11 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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17 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to supporting the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including rare and less common cancers, earlier and to treat them faster.The Department is taking steps to improve public awareness of cancer signs and symptoms, inc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will develop a vitamin D food fortification policy.
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3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to extend access to free and subsidized vitamin D supplements to at-risk groups identified in NICE PH56.
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