Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 35791
Cancer: Children and Young People
Tabled: 5 March 2025
Answered: 17 March 2025
Named DayQuestion
Dr Simon Opher
Labour — Stroud
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration his Department has given to including a separate faster diagnosis target for children and young people with cancer.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) includes children and young people and ensures that cancer is diagnosed or ruled out, within 28 days from referral. The latest FDS data, for December 2024, shows that 89.8% of children and young people with suspected ca...
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