Question bank

Blood cancer, which includes leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma, is the fifth most common cancer and third biggest cancer killer, but it is often overlooked in policy.

If elected, will you commit to meeting with Blood Cancer UK to find out how you can use your voice in parliament to help bring forward the day no one dies of blood cancer or its treatments?

Not all blood cancer medicines approved for use by regulators are being made available to blood cancer patients in Scotland.

How will you improve access to innovative new treatments for patients right across the country?

In Scotland, just 21% of people with blood cancer discussed clinical trial opportunities at diagnosis.

If elected, how will your party make sure that there are more trials made available to blood cancer patients?

Blood cancer symptoms are generally vague and so harder to recognise, and around 30% of people with blood cancer are diagnosed in A&E.

If elected, how will your party look to improve the diagnosis experience for people with blood cancer in Scotland?

Without sustained investment, Scotland’s existing Cancer Strategy is at risk of not being delivered in full.

Will your party commit to implementing the strategy in full?

Scotland’s genomic testing services are falling behind the rest of the UK, and this is starting to be felt by the blood cancer community.

If elected, will improving genomic testing services be a priority for your party?