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Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on implementing the National Cancer Plan.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Apr 2026
Target answer date
28 Apr 2026
Answer
28 Apr 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on implementing the National Cancer Plan.

  2. 28 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The National Cancer Plan was published in February 2026. The Department has taken steps to implement the plan’s commitments and ambitions to be delivered within the next ten years. While immediate focus is on those to be delivered in 2026, all commitments...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to the National Cancer Plan for a) 2027-2028, b) 2028-2029, c) 2029-2030 d) 2030-2031, e) 2031-2032.

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13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria will be used in the appointment of the independent co-chair of the National Cancer Board.

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Cancer: Health Services

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria will be used in the annual summary of progress publication to evaluate the success of the National Cancer Plan’s implementation.

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Bowel Cancer: Preventive Medicine

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the risk of bowel cancer through encouraging higher fibre diets in schools and other public sector settings.

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Bowel Cancer: Screening

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to use screening programmes to share information and boost prevention awareness of Bowel Cancer.

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Gynaecology

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) women on gynaecology waiting lists and (b) the workforce delivering that care.

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Internet: Disinformation

18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle health misinformation online.

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18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the Accessible Information Standard a statutory requirement.

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Vaccination: Medical Records

18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of vaccination records displayed on the NHS App for vaccinations administered through school immunisation programs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Vaccination: Medical Records

18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) complaints and (b) reports NHS England has received regarding (i) missing and (ii) incomplete vaccination histories on the NHS App in the last three years.