Question follow-through · 73149

Multiple Myeloma: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include targets to improve diagnosis times for myeloma in the forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
5 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include targets to improve diagnosis times for myeloma in the forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancers such as myeloma, as well as other unstageable cancers, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, in order to improve out...

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