Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapies

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster Excerpts

Thursday 24th July 2025 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab)]

I thank the noble Lord for sharing his personal experience with us. It makes the debate so much more real when we hear about the circumstances. The emphasis on shifting services to the community is to enable local places to recognise that there are hotspots for different cancers or diseases that can be picked up. The promotion of public health initiatives, such as screening, needs to be done at a very local level. From experience, I know that that promotion then passes on through word of mouth, which is often the most powerful way that we can get the message across.

[Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Lab)]

My Lords, my noble friend the Minister mentioned research. Is she aware that the White Rose Cancer Report from Yorkshire Cancer Research showed big regional inequalities in diagnosis and research investment? Can she confirm that the national cancer plan will look at the recommendations from that report and at how we can tackle those regional inequalities, especially in areas such as Yorkshire, where I know she will have an interest?