Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings and recommendations in the United Kingdom Lung Cancer Coalition’s report, 25 by 25: a ten-year strategy to improve lung cancer survival rates.
The Scottish Government shares the United Kingdom Lung Cancer Coalitions (UKLCC) ambition to raise five year survival rates for lung cancer to 25% by 2025.
Our ‘Beating Cancer: Ambition and Action’ strategy and the accompanying
£100 million investment over 5 years, serves as a blueprint for the future of cancer services in Scotland, improving the prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment and aftercare of people affected by all cancers.