To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has issued recent recommendations to acute hospital trusts on the proportion of lung cancer patients to receive active treatment. (280050)

The Department has not issued any recent recommendations to acute trusts on the proportion of lung cancer patients to receive active treatment.

In 2005, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence issued guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer patients. This guideline offers best practice advice on the care of adults who are suspected of having, or are diagnosed with, lung cancer.