Question follow-through · 95292
Ovarian Cancer: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve public and primary care awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms, in the context of data from the National Ovarian Cancer Audit showing that four in 10 wo
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve public and primary care awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms, in the context of data from the National Ovarian Cancer Audit showing that four in 10 wo
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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11 Dec 2025
Answer published
Reducing the number of lives lost to cancer in England, including ovarian cancer, is a key aim of the National Cancer Plan which will be published in the new year. The plan will set out in further detail how the Government will improve outcomes for cancer...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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