Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 11 October 2024.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Non-affiliated
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the 10-Year Cancer Plan for England.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Non-affiliated
To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their proposals for a 10-year cancer strategy.
Baroness Merron
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
The Government has set out plans to publish a ten-year plan to reform the National Health Service. The plan will be informed by Lord Darzi’s report and will include further details on how we will improve cancer diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. The 10-Year Cancer Plan commissioned in 2022 was not completed and a formal assessment has not been made.
Lord Darzi’s report has set out the scale of the challenges we face in fixing the NHS and the need to improve cancer waiting time performance and cancer survival. In particular, he highlighted the need to improve the number of patients starting their treatment within 62 days of referral and to increase the number of patients diagnosed at an earlier stage.
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