Cancer: St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
(asked on 11th July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of cancer patients of St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust who received an urgent referral received their first treatment within 62 days of that referral in (a) March and (b) April 2023.
The following tables set out the number and proportion of patients who received treatment within 62 days of an urgent general practitioner referral at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in March 2023 and April 2023.
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | ||
Month | Number of Patients treated within 62 days | 62-day standard performance |
March 2023 | 89.5 | 79% |
April 2023 | 83.5 | 82% |
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | ||
Month | Number of Patients treated within 62 days | 62-day standard performance |
March 2023 | 24.5 | 50.5% |
April 2023 | 20.5 | 48.2% |
Note: Partial numbers are patients that have received treatment across two different National Health Service trusts.
Cancer waiting time standard statistics are published on the NHS England website, and are available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/