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Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the national cancer plan.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
28 Oct 2025
Answer
13 Nov 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the national cancer plan.

  2. 28 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The National Cancer Plan will be published in the new year. We have received over 11,000 responses to our Call for Evidence and have had significant ongoing engagement with patients, clinicians, and charities.The plan will include further details on how w...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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