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Multiple Myeloma: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the national cancer plan for England will include targets to improve the diagnosis of myeloma.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
13 Oct 2025 · 27 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the national cancer plan for England will include targets to improve the diagnosis of myeloma.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Oct 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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