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Cancer

Asked by Preet Kaur GillLabour (Co-op)Department of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 1 July 2025UIN 61806

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data he holds on the number of people with late stage cancer diagnoses broken down by religious group.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) in NHS England, as the national cancer registry, collects and analyses diagnosis and treatment data on cancer patients in England. The religion of patients is not collected or stored by the NDRS. Further information on the NDRS is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/ndrs

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