Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that all patients who present to the GP with symptoms of leukaemia get a blood test within 48 hours, in accordance with the NICE NG12 guidelines.

NHS England’s cancer programme is working with the Blood Cancer Alliance on the development of a potential national blood cancer symptom awareness campaign for 2023/24. The programme will also consider ways to improve GPs’ awareness of blood cancer symptoms, including the 48-hour blood test recommendation.