Prostate Cancer

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 February 2017.

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Photo of David Mowat David Mowat The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health 12:00, 7 February 2017

The volume has increased greatly, and there are something like 2,000 more people being diagnosed every day. The hon. Lady is right: of the eight cancer standards against which we judge ourselves, we meet seven, and the 62-day one has not been met. We need to do more to achieve that, and the cancer strategy set out a pathway for doing so. We have particularly invested in the early diagnosis component; we have invested £200 million in early diagnosis and getting a 31-day all-clear or referral for treatment. That is the pathway to meeting the 62-day target. She is right to raise this, because it is an important indicator and we need to do better.