Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 16328

Blood Cancer: Diagnosis

Tabled: 26 November 2024

Answered: 2 December 2024

Question

Luke Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of non-specific symptom pathways in diagnosing blood cancers in each of the last three years.

Answer

We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster, including blood cancer. This is supported by NHS England’s key ambition on cancer, to meet the Faster Diagnosis Standard, which sets a target of 28 days from urgent ...

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