Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 18138
Cancer: Diagnosis
Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 17 July 2026
Question
Daisy Cooper
Liberal Democrat — St Albans
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) shortest, (b) median, and (c) longest time was for patients to receive the results of a suspected cancer biopsy for each of the last 12 months, broken down by hospital trust.
Answer
Mrs Sharon HodgsonThe Department does not hold the data on the shortest, median, and longest time for patients to receive the results of a suspected cancer biopsy, broken down by National Health Service trust.