Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer treatment referrals were made (a) from 1 October 2019 to 31 December 2019 and (b) from 1 October 2020 to 31 December 2020.
The information requested is shown in the following table:
Period | Number of two week wait From general practitioner urgent referral to first consultant appointments |
1 October 2019 to 31 December 2019 | 609,613 |
1 October 2020 to 31 December 2020 | 609,826 |
Source: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/