Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101346

Cancer: Diagnosis

Tabled: 18 December 2025

Answered: 20 January 2026

Question

Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the additional number of people expected to be diagnosed with cancer as a result of increases in NHS cancer screening uptake in a) 2026, b) 2027 and c) 2028

Answer

Ashley Dalton

As a Government, we are taking decisive action so that the National Health Service diagnoses cancer earlier and treats it faster.Last year, we announced the introduction of self-test kits for under-screened women in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme. U...

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