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Pancreatic Cancer

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 1 April 2025UIN 40473

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the last 12 months.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The most recently published data on diagnoses of pancreatic cancer in England is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/ndrs/data/data-sets/rcrd

Between November 2023 and October 2024, the most recent period available, a total of 9,396 people were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

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