Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:29 am on 29 November 2018.
Lord O'Shaughnessy
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
11:29,
29 November 2018
My Lords, we know that early cancer diagnosis improves survival. Last month, the Prime Minister announced a package of measures to be rolled out nationally with the aim of seeing three-quarters of all cancers detected at an early stage by 2028. Since 2010, cancer survival rates have improved annually and are currently at a record high. Around 7,000 people who are alive today would not have been had mortality rates remained at the 2010 levels.