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Pancreatic Cancer: Health Education

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 90870, tabled on 18 November 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to raise awareness of the symptoms of pancreatic cancer.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answered on

24 November 2022

NHS England’s ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign seeks to address the barriers which may deter patients from seeking advice for potential symptoms of cancer, such as pancreatic cancer. A campaign focusing on abdominal and urological symptoms launched on 31 October 2022 and addresses symptoms of pancreatic cancer.

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