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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1716576/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department is taking steps to reduce cancer diagnosis and treatment waiting times across England, including the time between an urgent general practice referral and the commencement of treatment for cancer for patients. The Government is working jointly with NHS England on implementing the delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlogs in elective care, and plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to help drive up and protect elective activity, including cancer diagnosis and treatment activity. Additionally, as outlined in the 2024/25 NHS England Planning Guidance, NHS England is providing over £266 million in cancer service development funding to Cancer Alliances, to support delivery of the operational priorities for cancer.<\/p><p>To help achieve the cancer waiting times standards, NHS England is streamlining cancer pathways. This includes implementing non-symptom specific pathways for patients who present with non-specific symptoms, as well as timed cancer pathways focused on the most challenged pathways, such as lower gastrointestinal and skin cancer. The pathways aim to support improvements in operational performance and patient experience, as well as providing models to support sustainable improvement.<\/p><p>Furthermore, to improve cancer treatment we are maximising the pace of the roll-out of additional diagnostic capacity. We are currently delivering the second year of the three-year investment plan for establishing community diagnostic centres (CDCs). We are ensuring timely implementation of new CDC locations and upgrades to existing CDCs, with capacity prioritised for cancer diagnostics. As of April 2024, 160 CDCs are operational, and have delivered almost 8 million tests, checks, and scans since July 2021. Additionally, we are supporting advances in radiotherapy. Since 2016, we\u2019ve invested £162 million into cutting-edge radiotherapy equipment to replace or upgrade over 100 radiotherapy treatment machines.<\/p><p>We are committed to delivering the best possible outcomes for patients, and our approach is seeing success. Almost 344,000 people received their first cancer treatment in the 12 months to March 2024. Further, 2023/24 is the best year so far for the Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS), with the latest performance data showing that NHS England hit the FDS target for the second month in a row at 77.3%, above the standard of 75%. We have also reduced the 62 day or over cancer referral to treatment backlog, to pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the proportion of people who are provided a cancer diagnosis within 28 days of their referral for testing.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4831", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ian Byrne"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1693336", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1693336/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Improving early diagnosis of cancer remains a priority for NHS England and the Government. NHS England is working towards the NHS Long Term Plan\u2019s ambition of diagnosing 75% of stageable cancers at stage one and two by 2028. The latest published data shows this was 54% between January to December 2021. Achieving this ambition will mean that, from 2028, 55,000 more people each year will survive their cancer for at least five years after diagnosis.\u202f\u202fMinisters and officials from the Department regularly meet with NHS England and other stakeholders, to discuss progress towards the ambition.<\/p><p>NHS England\u2019s comprehensive Early Diagnosis strategy is based on six core strands of activity, from raising awareness of cancer symptoms and encouraging people to come forward, to implementing targeted interventions for particular cancer types that we know have previously experienced later stages of diagnosis.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to work with (a) the NHS and (b) other stakeholders to increase earlier cancer diagnoses.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1447", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Rosindell"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrew Rosindell"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1689899", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1689899/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Improving early diagnosis of cancer remains a priority for the Government. We are working towards the NHS Long Term Plan\u2019s ambition of diagnosing 75% of stageable cancers at stage one and two, by 2028.<\/p><p>NHS England\u2019s comprehensive Early Diagnosis strategy is based on six core strands of activity, from raising awareness of cancer symptoms and encouraging people to come forward, to implementing targeted interventions for particular cancer types that we know have previously experienced later stages of diagnosis.<\/p><p>To support this, NHS England introduced the Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) which sets a maximum target of a 28 day wait from urgent suspected general practitioner or screening referral to patients being told they have, or do not have, cancer. The FDS also intends to reduce unwarranted variation in England by understanding how long it is taking people to receive a diagnosis or all clear for cancer.<\/p><p>In order to find and diagnose cancers earlier, NHS England is streamlining cancer pathways to support diagnosis within 28 days by implementing non-symptom specific pathways for patients who present with non-specific symptoms that can indicate several cancers, as well as implementing timed cancer pathways.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is she taking to help ensure that 75% of stageable cancers are diagnosed at stages 1 and 2.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4471", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rachael Maskell"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Rachael Maskell"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1670388", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1670388/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The NHS Long Term Plan set an ambition that, by 2028, the proportion of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 and 2 will rise from around half now to three-quarters of cancer patients. Achieving this will mean that, from 2028, 55,000 more people each year will survive their cancer for at least five years after diagnosis. Due to the nature of the ambition, this only includes stageable cancers.<\/p><p>To find and diagnosed all cancers earlier, NHS England is streamlining cancer pathways to support diagnosis within 28 days by implementing non-symptom specific (NSS) pathways for patients who present with non-specific symptoms that can indicate several cancers, as well as implementing timed cancer pathways.<\/p><p>Since 2019, cancer alliances have been developing new dedicated urgent diagnostic pathways for these patients so that every cancer patient with concerning, but non-specific symptoms, gets the right tests at the right time in as few visits as possible. By March 2024, the NSS programme will achieve full population coverage across England for non-specific symptom pathways as set out in the 2023/24 NHS Planning Guidance.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-11-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Cancer: Diagnosis"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure non-stageable cancers are included in the NHS early diagnosis target.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4498", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Ranil Jayawardena"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1660207", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1660207/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Self-referral models, including cancer hotlines, are currently being considered. The Cancer Programme at NHS England has funded several local pilots to understand the feasibility and impact of self-referral mechanisms in cancer pathways. These small-scale, local pilots are at different stages of development. NHS England are in the process of gathering and analysing the data from local systems to assess the effectiveness of these interventions.<\/p><p>The NHS Cancer Programme continues to scope opportunities to streamline cancer pathways to support earlier and faster diagnosis of cancer, including piloting direct referral routes from community pharmacies, increasing general practice direct access to diagnostic tests and expanding the roll-out of Community Diagnostic Centres.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-09-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Cancer: Diagnosis"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Question 353 of the oral evidence on Cancer services given by the Minister of State for Patient Safety and Primary Care to the Health and Social Care Committee on 20 January 2022, HC 551, what progress he has made on the development of national cancer hotlines to improve the rapid diagnosis of cancer.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4504", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Wes Streeting"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ilford North"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Wes Streeting"}
      ], "uin" : "199157"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1646500", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1646500/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government and NHS England remain committed to the Long-Term Plan cancer ambitions of diagnosing 75% of cancers at stage 1 and 2 by 2028. Achieving this will mean that, from 2028, 55,000 more people each year will survive their cancer for at least five years after diagnosis. The latest published data shows this was at 52% between January 2020 to December 2020.<\/p><p>The Major Conditions Strategy will look at treatment and prevention of cancer, covering the patient pathway. The strategy will consider a wide range of interventions and enablers to improve outcomes and experience for cancer patients.<\/p><p>This Strategy will draw on previous work on cancer, including over 5,000 submissions provided to the Department as part of our Call for Evidence last year. The summary of responses to the Call for Evidence was published on 17 May.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4527", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Helen Whately"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Helen Whately"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Cancer: Diagnosis"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Major Conditions Strategy will maintain the aim of raising the diagnostic rate from 50 to 75 per cent for grades 1 and 2 cancers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4471", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rachael Maskell"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Rachael Maskell"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1642036", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1642036/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The earlier we diagnose cancer, the better the outcomes for patients.<\/p><p>That\u2019s why we\u2019re speeding up diagnosis of the most common cancers e.g., skin cancer with tele-dermatology, bowel cancer through Faecal Immunochemical Testing, and prostate cancer through multiparametric MRI; increasing targeted screening for breast cancer and lung cancer; investing in 160 new community diagnostic centres; and tackling variation in cancer waiting times around the country.<\/p><p>Thanks to the hard work of so many people in cancer services around the country, the NHS hit the \u2018faster diagnosis standard\u2019 for the first time in February.<\/p><p>And \u2013 looking ahead - we\u2019re investing in innovations like the Galleri blood test which may be able to detect cancer before people even have symptoms.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the early diagnosis of cancer.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1390", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr John Baron"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Basildon and Billericay"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr John Baron"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1625958", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1625958/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government and NHS England remain committed to the Long-Term Plan ambition of diagnosing 75% of cancers at stage 1 and 2 by 2028. The latest published data shows this was at 52% between January 2020 to December 2020.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4527", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Helen Whately"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the ambition of 75 per cent of cancer patients to be diagnosed at stage I or II by 2028 as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4822", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Feryal Clark"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Enfield North"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Feryal Clark"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1625123", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1625123/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department has no plans to publish an acceleration plan on diagnostic capacity for cancer. We are working together with NHS England to increase diagnostic capacity as quickly as possible to ensure we meet our ambitious elective recovery targets. This includes work underway to rollout an increased number of Community Diagnostic Centres and other diagnostic interventions at pace.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral evidence given by Dame Cally Palmer to the Health and Social Care Committee on 7 March 2023, Question 86, whether he plans to publish the acceleration plan on diagnostic capacity for cancer.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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