Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 59995

Cancer: Diagnosis

Tabled: 16 June 2025

Answered: 30 June 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of an alternative to staging when measuring early diagnosis for (a) blood cancers and (b) other unstageable cancers.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

There are no current plans to introduce a specific proxy staging measure or a corresponding national target to support the earlier diagnosis of blood cancers. To tackle late diagnoses of blood cancers, the National Health Service is implementing non-speci...

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