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Twelfth Report - Cancer services
Health and Social Care Committee
HC 551
Published 5 April 2022
Government response
First Special Report - Cancer Services: Government Response to the Committee’s Twelfth Report of 2021-22 · published 13 Jun 2022
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Accepted in Part
Para 46
NHS England has been focusing on encouraging people to come forward with cancer symptoms during...
Recommendation
NHS England has been focusing on encouraging people to come forward with cancer symptoms during the pandemic, which is welcome, and has recently launched a marketing campaign to encourage people to overcome their reluctance to visit their GP to discuss …
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Government Response Summary
NHS England will extend coverage of non-specific symptom pathways to at least 75% population coverage by March 2023, ensuring at least 65% of urgent cancer referrals meet the Faster Diagnosis Standard and will trial new approaches to prostate cancer and expanding routes into the system across primary care community.
Department of Health and Social Care
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