Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What steps his Department is taking to improve cancer care.”
Tabled: 19 November 2025Answered: 25 November 2025
Asked by
Mr Connor Rand
Labour — Altrincham and Sale West
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Secondary Care (Karin Smyth)
We are committed to transforming cancer care, having already invested £70 million in new radiotherapy machines to help patients to be treated more quickly. We are investing £26 million in the NHS, opening community diagnostic centres in the evening and at weekends to catch cancer early, and our national cancer plan will have patients at its heart—from referral to diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care.