Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 72578

Skin Cancer

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) help ensure that NHS skin cancer referrals are completed within the 14-day target and (b) address the backlog in Farnham and Bordon constituency.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Department is supporting the National Health Service in taking steps to reduce the time taken from referral to diagnosis of cancer, including skin cancer.As a first step, NHS England published guidance for local health and care systems and providers a...

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