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 increase awareness of melanoma.

The National Health Service ‘Help us help you’ campaign focuses on the barriers which prevent people from seeking advice for symptoms in all cancer types. The symptoms of melanoma are not a specific focus in this campaign, as it is more likely to be diagnosed at an early stage than many other cancer types. Those searching for NHS advice online on the potential signs of melanoma will be directed to the appropriate information and encouraged to consult their general practitioner as soon as possible.