Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 September 2019, Official Report, HCWS11, when Professor Sir Mike Richards plans to publish his follow-up report on diagnostic capacity.

As outlined in the published Terms of Reference for Professor Sir Mike Richards’ review of national adult screening programmes, the follow-up report on diagnostic capacity will be published by the end of the year. A copy of the related Terms of Reference can be found at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/review-of-national-cancer-screening-programmes-tor-20191016.pdf