Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 58196

Gastrointestinal Cancer: Health Services

Tabled: 9 June 2025

Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

Bob Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of people with lower gastrointestinal cancers waiting beyond 62 days from urgent referral for their first definitive treatment.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster, so more patients survive, including those with bowel cancer. As the first step to ensure faster diagnosis and treatment, the NHS is delivering an extra 40,000 operat...

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