Question follow-through · 89263
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by Sarcoma UK entitled Unique Among Cancers: A state of the nation review of sarcoma care, published on 11 June 2025, what steps he plans to take to help tackle issues
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by Sarcoma UK entitled Unique Among Cancers: A state of the nation review of sarcoma care, published on 11 June 2025, what steps he plans to take to help tackle issues
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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18 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Department has received, and relevant officials are currently considering, Sarcoma UK’s report reviewing sarcoma care across the United Kingdom.The Department will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster, inclu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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