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Bowel Cancer

Asked by Deirdre CostiganLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 14 November 2024UIN 13537

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average overall cost for bowel cancer patients was in each of the last five years.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Information on the average overall cost for bowel cancer patients is not specifically recorded.

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has set out how the Department will receive an additional £22.6 billion in resource spending in 2025/26, compared to 2023/24, which will support the National Health Service to deliver 40,000 additional elective appointments a week, to help bring down waiting lists, which includes appointments for cancer patients.

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