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Question follow-through · 66717

Pancreatic Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a national screening programme for pancreatic cancer.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
14 Jul 2025
Answer
18 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a national screening programme for pancreatic cancer.

  2. 14 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    In the United Kingdom, national screening programmes are introduced based on the recommendations of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), an independent scientific advisory committee which advises ministers and the National Health Service in all f...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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