Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78507

Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to collaborate with (a) academic institutions, (b) industry, and (c) research charities in rolling out new diagnostic tools for pancreatic cancer across primary

Answer

Ashley Dalton

While cancer, including pancreatic cancer, is not diagnosed in primary care, there are initiatives to improve the identification of cancer symptoms in primary care. This includes ‘Jess’s Rule’, which supports clinicians to rethink their assessments when p...

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