Lord Willis of Knaresborough – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough on 2015-10-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 21 September (HL2284), when the cancer dashboard will be published, and whether it will include metrics on rare and less common cancers, such as multiple myeloma.

Lord Prior of Brampton

The independent Cancer Taskforce published its report, Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes: A Strategy for England 2015-2020, in July this year. NHS England is currently working with partners across the health system to determine how best to take forward the recommendations of the report. A specific timeline for publication of the dashboard, and the metrics it will include, has not yet been finalised.

A copy of the Taskforce’s report is attached.