Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for a new test for diagnosing pancreatic cancer by app to be available on the NHS.

The future availability of any new or novel tests on the National Health Service, such as this test for pancreatic cancer, would be subject to large scale clinical trials demonstrating the safety and efficacy of the diagnostic approach and subsequent assessments of its cost effectiveness for routine use.

NHS England has launched two new digital platforms, NHS Digital Apps Library and a Mobile Health space for developers. This is part of work to transform the way people experience the NHS by designing digital health tools and services that connect them to the information and services they need, when they need them.