Cancer: East Midlands
(asked on 8th September 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of suspected cancer patients were seen by a consultant within 14 days of GP referral at (a) Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust and (b) Nottingham University Hospitals Trust in each quarter since 2010.
The information requested is provided in the following tables.
Proportion of patients with suspected cancer seen by a consultant within 14 days of general practitioner (GP) referral, in each quarter since 2010 at:
(a) Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Financial year | Financial quarter | Total number of patients with suspected cancer seen by a consultant | Total number of patients with suspected cancer seen by a consultant within 14 days | Proportion of patients with suspected cancer seen by a consultant within 14 Days |
2009-10 | Q4 | 1645 | 1521 | 92.5% |
2010-11 | Q1 | 1759 | 1655 | 94.1% |
2010-11 | Q2 | 1974 | 1860 | 94.2% |
2010-11 | Q3 | 1695 | 1581 | 93.3% |
2010-11 | Q4 | 1703 | 1623 | 95.3% |
2011-12 | Q1 | 1788 | 1699 | 95.0% |
2011-12 | Q2 | 2117 | 1970 | 93.1% |
2011-12 | Q3 | 1893 | 1836 | 97.0% |
2011-12 | Q4 | 2167 | 2087 | 96.3% |
2012-13 | Q1 | 2096 | 2010 | 95.9% |
2012-13 | Q2 | 2065 | 1976 | 95.7% |
2012-13 | Q3 | 2279 | 2193 | 96.2% |
2012-13 | Q4 | 2038 | 1946 | 95.5% |
2013-14 | Q1 | 2176 | 2048 | 94.1% |
2013-14 | Q2 | 2496 | 2340 | 93.8% |
2013-14 | Q3 | 2487 | 2374 | 95.5% |
2013-14 | Q4 | 2504 | 2403 | 96.0% |
2014-15 | Q1 | 2711 | 2503 | 92.3% |
and (b) Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust .
Financial year | Financial quarter | Total number of patients with suspected cancer seen by a consultant | Total number of patients with suspected cancer seen by a consultant within 14 days | Proportion of patients with suspected cancer seen by a consultant within 14 days |
2009-10 | Q4 | 2824 | 2692 | 95.3% |
2010-11 | Q1 | 2945 | 2759 | 93.7% |
2010-11 | Q2 | 2837 | 2637 | 93.0% |
2010-11 | Q3 | 2544 | 2440 | 95.9% |
2010-11 | Q4 | 2488 | 2415 | 97.1% |
2011-12 | Q1 | 2667 | 2511 | 94.2% |
2011-12 | Q2 | 2492 | 2380 | 95.5% |
2011-12 | Q3 | 2787 | 2646 | 94.9% |
2011-12 | Q4 | 2925 | 2765 | 94.5% |
2012-13 | Q1 | 3002 | 2739 | 91.2% |
2012-13 | Q2 | 3015 | 2828 | 93.8% |
2012-13 | Q3 | 3185 | 3040 | 95.4% |
2012-13 | Q4 | 3115 | 2916 | 93.6% |
2013-14 | Q1 | 3013 | 2842 | 94.3% |
2013-14 | Q2 | 3149 | 2983 | 94.7% |
2013-14 | Q3 | 3391 | 3242 | 95.6% |
2013-14 | Q4 | 3497 | 3299 | 94.3% |
2014-15 | Q1 | 3789 | 3431 | 90.6% |
Source: National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data Set
One of the reasons for breaches of the two week referral cancer target is patient choice. There will always be some patients who wait longer, for example, patients who choose to wait longer for personal or social reasons, where this is clinically appropriate or patients fail to attend appointments they have agreed.