questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of patients with lower gastrointestinal cancers who receive their first treatment within 62 days of being urgently referred by their GP.
answerText: The Department is taking steps to reduce cancer treatment waiting times across England, including the time between an urgent general practice referral and the commencement of treatment for cancer for patients. The Government is working jointly with NHS En...
heading: Gastrointestinal Cancer: Health Services