Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 21800

Cancer: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 3 January 2025
Answered: 9 January 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal DemocratEly and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to reduce waiting times for cancer treatment.

Answer

Karin Smyth
We know that patients are waiting too long for cancer treatment, and we will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer on time or earlier, treating it faster, and we will improve patients’ experience across the system.As we set out in our new plan...

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