Cancer: Health Services

(asked on 2nd September 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 62 day cancer wait data published by the NHS in England includes all cancer patients irrespective of whether they entered the pathway as a result of (a) a referral from a GP, (b) via an accident and emergency department or (c) via a screening programme.


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James Morris Portrait
James Morris
This question was answered on 7th September 2022

NHS England’s monthly cancer waiting times statistics include data on two-month or 62 day performance via an urgent referral from a general practitioner; from a National Screening Service; and following a consultant upgrade. The consultant upgrade referral route includes emergency presentations via accident and emergency departments.

These statistics include the total number of patients seen and the numbers of patients seen within and outside the relevant operational standard in each month.

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