PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Cancer (23 June 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals in England have implemented a multidisciplinary team for cancer of unknown primary (CUP) as stated in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline on CUP.

Asked by:
Bill Esterson (Labour)

NHS England would expect that service provision for patients with cancer of unknown primary (CUP) takes into account National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.

Services for people with cancer are subject to assessment and assurance through the National Cancer Peer Review Programme. Assessment of compliance is made against Commissioning for Quality and Innovation measures.

The Department does not collect information centrally on the proportion of hospitals in England which have implemented a multidisciplinary team for CUP.

Answered by:
Jane Ellison (Conservative)
26 June 2014