Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to reduce the number of emergency cancer diagnoses in County Durham.

Improving diagnosis and ensuring better outcomes for patients diagnosed with cancer is a priority for the Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). To achieve this, the CCG is working collaboratively with colleagues from public health, primary care and secondary care on a strategic piece of work. The CCG believes that a multi-disciplinary approach is necessary in order to address inequalities.