Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of levels of of geographic variation in access to NHS approved treatments for people with blood cancer.

The Government is committed to providing patients with timely access to diagnosis and treatment, regardless of their location in the country.

The National Health Service has delivered an extra four million operations, scans, and appointments as the first step to ensuring earlier and faster access to treatment for patients.

The National Cancer Plan will include further details on improving outcomes for cancer patients in England, as well as speeding up diagnosis and treatment. It will ensure patients, including those with blood cancer, have timely access to the latest treatments and technology.