Cancer: Health Services

(asked on 29th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for a treatment appointment at each NHS cancer hub for each month since March 2020.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 3rd November 2020

NHS England does not hold average waiting time data for treatment or surgery appointments at each NHS cancer hub.

Between March to August, more than 246,000 people received cancer treatment - 85% of the level in 2019.

The number of people receiving a first or subsequent treatment from March to August are included in the following table.

Total number

Within 31 days of a decision to treat

% Within 31 days of a decision to treat

March 2020

50,973

49,285

97%

April 2020

37,223

35,749

96%

May 2020

35,041

33,247

95%

June 2020

40,134

37,826

94%

July 2020

44,018

41,962

95%

August 2020

38,965

37,020

95%

The number of people receiving a first or subsequent surgery treatment from March to August are included in the following table.

Total number

Within 31 days of a decision to treat

% Within 31 days of a decision to treat

March 2020

19,049

17,891

94%

April 2020

12,555

11,585

92%

May 2020

12,140

10,820

89%

June 2020

14,354

12,703

88%

July 2020

15,946

14,396

90%

August 2020

14,659

13,133

90%

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