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Written Question
Ovarian Cancer
Friday 17th May 2019

Asked by: Lee Rowley (Conservative - North East Derbyshire)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve early diagnosis of ovarian cancer and (b) reduce the level of variation in diagnosis times between clinical commissioning groups.

Answered by Seema Kennedy

The NHS Cancer Programme is committed to improving early diagnosis as outlined in the Long Term Plan ambition to diagnose three-quarters of all cancers at stages 1 and 2 by 2028. This includes all stageable cancers.

To achieve this ambition, the NHS Cancer Programme is working on a number of programmes to improve early diagnosis rates for all cancers. The Rapid Diagnostic Centres (RDCs) are a new flagship policy in the Long Term Plan that offer patients a range of tests in the same day with rapid access to results. These RDCs starting to be rolled out in 2019/20 and will support the overall early diagnosis ambition. The RDCs will upgrade and bring together the latest diagnostic equipment and expertise, building on 10 models piloted with Cancer Research UK, which have focused on diagnosing cancers where patients often present with non-specific symptoms, often the case with ovarian cancer, and may go to their general practitioner many times before being sent for tests, such as blood and stomach cancers.

A new cancer diagnosis standard, designed to ensure that patients find out within 28 days if they have cancer, will be introduced in 2020. All hospitals in England are now collecting data on how long it takes patients to reach cancer diagnosis, and they are working to improve performance over the next year and reduce unwarranted variation, for example geographical variation.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 30 Oct 2018
Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for allowing the debate, as well as everyone who is here to support this important and timely event—both my …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 30 Oct 2018
Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment

"I absolutely will. That is a timely and important point. I was on Radio Sheffield only this morning talking about the debate with someone from Target Ovarian Cancer. We spent an awfully long time talking about the symptoms, because it is important that people understand them, and are aware of …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 30 Oct 2018
Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment

"My hon. Friend makes an important point. Treatment around the country needs to be made more consistent and clearer, to put a stop to the issues that many of us have heard in stories from constituents...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 30 Oct 2018
Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment

"My right hon. Friend is right and I hope that the Minister will recognise that. It is a matter of getting a diagnosis, and encouraging people who feel that something may not be quite right to go to the doctor, so that the pathway starts. Then, if there is an …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 30 Oct 2018
Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment

"I absolutely do. All these things are a work in progress, but I hope that through debates such as this, through talking about it and through all the fantastic work the charities and the APPG do we can move things forward, make progress and, in time, have fewer women suffering …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 30 Oct 2018
Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment

"I thank all right hon. and hon. Members who have contributed to this exemplary debate. It has been one of those debates that we all aspire to have, in which we talk about the detail and leave out a lot of the politics, and in which there is unity regarding …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Sep 2018
Derbyshire CCGs’ Finances

"I share the concerns outlined by the hon. Lady and my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley (Nigel Mills), and I absolutely regret what the CCGs are proposing for the voluntary budgets. I hope they think again, as I am sure everybody in this Chamber does. However, does the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Sep 2018
Derbyshire CCGs’ Finances

"Every Member present who represents a Derbyshire constituency is concerned about the actions of the CCG, particularly the implication for the voluntary sector. That was outlined by the three Conservatives and two of the Labour Members, either by speaking or by being present. The challenge is that, if we contextualise …..."
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Written Question
Ovarian Cancer
Monday 11th June 2018

Asked by: Lee Rowley (Conservative - North East Derbyshire)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2017 to Question 120087 on Ovarian Cancer, what the timetable is for a decision to be announced on the next round of cancer audits; and whether ovarian cancer will be included within those audits.

Answered by Steve Brine

NHS England will hold discussions over the next six months on potential new clinical audit topics including ovarian cancer.