Question follow-through · 68869
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Cancer Plan will include measures to ensure earlier diagnosis.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 25 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Hospices: Equality · 16 Sept 2025
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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
17 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Cancer Plan will include measures to ensure earlier diagnosis.
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jul 2025
Answer published
Early diagnosis is a key focus of the National Cancer Plan. We are committed to transforming diagnostic services and will support the National Health Service to increase diagnostic capacity to meet the demand for diagnostic services through investment in ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Hospices: Equality
16 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the implementation of the 10 Year Health Plan will help tackle inequalities in the commissioning of hospice services.
Gender Dysphoria: Health Services
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce wait times for adult gender services.