Debates between Andrew Stephenson and Samantha Dixon during the 2019 Parliament

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Debate between Andrew Stephenson and Samantha Dixon
Tuesday 23rd January 2024

(3 months, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Samantha Dixon Portrait Samantha Dixon (City of Chester) (Lab)
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T4. In the NHS in Cheshire and Merseyside between April and June last year, the 62-day cancer waiting time target was not met. If the target had been achieved, around 150 extra patients would have been treated on time. What would the Secretary of State like to say to those 150 patients?

Andrew Stephenson Portrait Andrew Stephenson
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The 62-day backlog has fallen by 27% since its peak in May 2020. We know there is more to be done, and that is why we are bringing forward more measures as early as possible. In April 2023, more than nine in 10 patients—90%—started their first cancer treatment within one month of a decision to treat.

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