Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81933

Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis

Tabled: 14 October 2025

Answered: 28 October 2025

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the consistent implementation of (a) Non-Specific Symptom pathways, (b) GP direct access and (c) NHS England Best Practice Timed Pathways to ensure (i)

Answer

Ashley Dalton

NHS England has completed the national roll-out of non-specific symptom (NSS) pathways to support faster diagnosis of cancer in patients who present with symptoms that do not align with a single cancer site.We are investing an additional £1.1 billion in g...

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