Question reference: S5W-31635
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 7 September 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 September 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its projection is of the number of diagnoses for (a) leukaemia, (b) myeloma and (c) lymphoma over the next 10 years, and what plans it is putting in place to address these.
Answer
Latest Scottish cancer incidence projections for the period 2013-2027 were published by ISD Scotland on 18 August 2015. This data-set only includes projections for leukaemia and lymphoma, not myeloma.
The projected number of cases for the 2013-2027 period are 2,931 for leukaemia and 7,560 lymphoma (Hodgkin & Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma combined).
The next release of cancer incidence projections are due to be published this year (2020) by Public Health Scotland.
The Scottish Government is developing a Cancer Recovery Plan to be published this Autumn. Focusing specifically on service recovery across diagnosis and treatment over a two year period, the plan will tackle inequalities and re-design services to ensure a more resilient future across cancer services in Scotland for all patients.
Cancer incidence projections for Scotland