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Oral Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote earlier detection of mouth cancer, (b) ensure (i) dentists, (ii) GPs and (iii) other frontline health professionals are trained to identify early

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote earlier detection of mouth cancer, (b) ensure (i) dentists, (ii) GPs and (iii) other frontline health professionals are trained to identify early

  2. 4 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    We know that cancer incidence, including mouth cancer incidence, is increasing. We know that more needs to be done to improve outcomes for patients with mouth cancer, including raising awareness of signs and symptoms and focusing on prevention, such as th...

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