Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) ensure that cancer patients in Ealing, Southall constituency begin their treatment within a maximum of 62 days of an urgent GP referral and (b) reduce average waiting times for cancer care treatment in that constituency.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust has established rapid diagnostic clinics to allow patients presenting with non-specific symptoms to obtain rapid diagnostics. This includes magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography scans to detect potential cancers at the earliest opportunity. Since April 2022, the Trust has focus on lower gastrointestinal care pathways to improve waiting time performance.