Question reference: S6W-27357
- Date lodged: 8 May 2024
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Current status: Answered by Neil Gray on 17 May 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it will begin a clinically-led review into additional or alternative cancer waiting times standards for different types of cancer and cancer treatment, as set out in its Cancer Action Plan for Scotland 2023-26.
Answer
Work will begin in late 2024 to scope and set up a project group to support a clinically led review of latest data and evidence and determine whether there is merit in specific additional or alternative cancer waiting times standards for different types of cancer and cancer treatment.