Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 30216

Leukaemia: Screening

Tabled: 10 February 2025

Answered: 18 February 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of levels of capacity in phlebotomy services on the time taken for leukaemia cases to be diagnosed.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

We are taking meaningful steps to improve cancer diagnostic performance for all cancers, including leukaemia. The 2025/26 NHS Planning Guidance sets a stretching target for cancer diagnosis that will see approximately 100,000 more people every year having...

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