People diagnosed with Myeloma in Jersey in the last 10 years

​​Request ​736088246

Please can you provide the number of people in Jersey diagnosed with myeloma in jersey over the last 10yrs (broken down by year ie number diagnosed each year)

In addition, please can you provide the breakdown by gender & if possible, occupation (former occupation if retired) & residential location (parish).

Response

Information supplied for the Channel Islands Cancer Report shows no new diagnoses of myeloma recorded from 2016 to 2020. Data is not yet available to report upon for the period from 2021 to the present, therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

Whilst information on date of first presentation / diagnosis would be documented within the clinical notes of an individual’s medical record, as noted in a Freedom of Information response published to www.gov.je​ in July 2025, it is not currently possible to report this information from the central records held by Health and Care Jersey.

gov.je/government/freedomofinformation/pages/foi.aspx?ReportID=8738​

As per the July 2025 response referenced and linked above, Health and Care Jersey has implemented the upgraded Somerset Cancer Registry system, which is expected to be fully functional in the next quarter of 2025. This will enable more comprehensive reporting.

Article applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.