| Heading: |
Cancer: Diagnosis |
| Question ID: |
1807837 |
| UIN: |
HL7984 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4130 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
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| Asking Member handle: |
MRitchieSD
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@MRitchieSD
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will include (1) creating alternative diagnostic pathways for people with signs and symptoms of cancer, and (2) expanding direct patient access to diagnostics, as part of the national cancer plan. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-12 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
The National Cancer Plan will cover the entirety of the cancer pathway, from referral and diagnosis to treatment and ongoing care, as well as prevention, research, and innovation. It will seek to improve every aspect of cancer care, including improving di... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |