Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of leukaemia patients were offered a holistic needs assessment in the last 12 months.

NHS England has committed to ensuring that all cancer patients have access to a Holistic Needs Assessment, ensuring care is focused on what matters most to each person.

The 2023 England National Cancer Patient Experience Survey indicates the proportion of people with Leukaemia who reported having had a discussion with a member of the team looking after them, before their treatment started, about their needs or concerns was 72.6%. For people with Leukaemia, a further 24.5% said they had the discussion to some extent, and a total of 97.1% reported having had a discussion.