Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is nationwide post-diagnosis cancer support.

The NHS Long Term Plan outlines that, where appropriate, every person diagnosed with cancer will have access to personalised care. This includes a care  plan and appropriate health and wellbeing information and support.

NHS England is supporting adults experiencing cancer with access to NHS Talking Therapies (previously named IAPT) mental health services, which provide evidence-based psychological therapies for people with anxiety disorders and depression.

In 2022/23, Cancer Alliances mapped out locally-driven improvements in psychosocial support provision, work which will continue in 2023/24.