Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 58195
Bowel Cancer: Health Services
Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025
Question
Bob Blackman
Conservative — Harrow East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve survival rates for bowel cancer.
Answer
Ashley DaltonWe will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster, so more patients survive, including those with bowel cancer. As the first step to ensure faster diagnosis and treatment, the NHS is delivering an extra 40,000 operat...
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