Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 86717
Oral Cancer: Death
Tabled: 30 October 2025
Answered: 21 November 2025
Question
Ruth Jones
Labour — Newport West and Islwyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of (a) trends in the number of deaths from mouth cancer over the past ten years and (b) the potential role of late diagnosis in these trends.
Answer
Ashley DaltonWe know that more needs to be done to improve outcomes for patients with mouth cancer. To support earlier and faster cancer diagnosis, we are now delivering additional checks, tests, and scans at 170 community diagnostic centres. As the first step to ensu...
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