Health written question – answered at on 20 January 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients saw a cancer specialist within two weeks of diagnosis in (a) England and (b) Milton Keynes in 2008-09.
The two week wait for all cancers was introduced from 2000. From this date forward, all patients urgently referred for suspected cancer by their general practitioner could expect to be seen by a specialist within 14 days of referral. The following table shows the numbers of patients covered by this standard and the reported performance for the period April 2008 to March 2009, for England and Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Period (where referral was received within 24 hours) | Total seen | Number of patients seen within 14 days | Percentage performance |
All English providers | |||
Quarter 1 2008-09 | 186,364 | 186,120 | 99.9 |
Quarter 2 2008-09 | 189,397 | 188,832 | 99.7 |
Quarter 3 2008-09 | 186,206 | 185,924 | 99.8 |
Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | |||
Quarter 1 2008-09 | 805 | 805 | 100 |
Quarter 2 2008-09 | 917 | 917 | 100 |
Quarter 3 2008-09 | 869 | 869 | 100 |
From
Period (where referral was received within 24 hours) | Provider | Total seen | Number of patients seen within 14 days | Percentage performance |
Quarter 4 2008-09 | All English Providers | 191,508 | 181,038 | 94.5 |
Quarter 4 2008-09 | Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 1,098 | 1,058 | 96.4 |
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