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Cancer: Health Services

Asked by Alex McIntyreLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 18 July 2025UIN 66853

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that funding for the implementation of the recommendations in the National Cancer Plan is shared across (a) prevention, (b) diagnosis and (c) treatment.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England will cover the entirety of the cancer pathway, including prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, to ultimately drive up this country’s cancer survival rates. It will seek to improve every aspect of cancer care to better the experiences and outcomes for people with cancer.

The Department settlement means that annual National Health Service day-to-day spending will increase by £29 billion in real terms, a £53 billion cash increase, by 2028/29 compared to 2023/24.

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