Blood Cancer

(asked on 28th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve knowledge of blood cancer symptoms among GPs.


Answered by
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 30th March 2022

General practitioners (GPs) are responsible for ensuring their clinical knowledge remains updated and identifying learning needs as part of their continuing professional development. This should include taking account of new research and developments in guidance, such as guidance from the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence, to ensure they can continue to provide high quality care to all patients.

Primary Care Networks are working with GP practices to implement the 2021/22 early cancer diagnosis service, to optimise suspected cancer referral practice, support earlier diagnosis of cancer and identify people before their cancer has progressed.

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