Question follow-through · 111202
Breast Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the diagnosis rate for secondary breast cancer.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 16 Mar 2026 · 39 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the diagnosis rate for secondary breast cancer.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Mar 2026
Answer published
The National Cancer Plan, published 4 February 2026, has set out actions aimed at supporting people with secondary breast cancer.NHS England is piloting the use of self-referral breast cancer pathways to streamline diagnostic pathways and free up primary ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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