Question bank
Questions to ask your representatives about blood cancer during the 2026 Senedd election.
We’ve prepared some questions you might want to ask candidates. You don’t need to ask all these questions and feel free to think of your own questions based on your experience, including with your local NHS.
Help us reach MSs
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 the Senedd to help bring forward the day no one dies of blood cancer or its treatments?
Improving access to treatments
Not all blood cancer medicines approved for use by regulators are being made available to blood cancer patients in Wales.
How will you improve access to innovative new treatments for patients right across the country?
Access to clinical trials
In Wales, just 26% 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?
Address the workforce crisis
There's currently a 60% retirement rate of consultant haematologists in Wales, responsible for blood cancer care but also all blood transfusions in Wales.
How will your party address the haematology workforce crisis facing Wales?
Improve data quality
Due to poor data quality, at the moment we can't say with confidence how many people in Wales have blood cancer.
How will your party increase confidence in blood cancer data and make sure people with blood cancer and the blood cancer workforce in Wales get their fair share of investment?
Improve the diagnosis experience
Blood cancer symptoms are generally vague and so harder to recognise, and 29% of people with blood cancer in Wales had to go to their GP three or more times before being referred to a specialist.
If elected, how will your party look to improve the diagnosis experience for people with blood cancer in Wales?
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