Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78078

Multiple Myeloma

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Mr Toby Perkins

LabourChesterfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including targets to reduce the diagnosis time for myeloma in the National Cancer Plan for England.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Early diagnosis is a key focus of the National Cancer Plan. It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancers, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, to improve outcom...

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