Cancer targets were still being missed, the data showed, with 71.9% of patients urgently referred for suspected cancer in November 2023 being diagnosed or having cancer ruled out within 28 days. This was up from 71.1% the previous month but below the target of 75%. ...
NHS finally hits cancer waiting times targets - three years late
To do this, he will focus on three of the biggest killers, pledging to reduce heart disease and strokes by a quarter within a decade, to hit cancer diagnosis targets to increase survival rates and reduce the number of deaths by suicide. ...
"It's been replaced by three targets which are good, but the targets are not being able to be met by most trusts at the moment. That's the problem. We need to get more capacity, more cancer centres, and most importantly, better - more trained - people workin...
(as well as some daily performance data from early January 2023), aspublishedby NHS England on 12 January 2023. This includes data on the NHS's performance against some key targets, including some of those set out in the latest planningguidanceas well as other indicators of patient safety ...
Plans to scrap NHS cancer targets play ‘fast and loose’ with vulnerable patients –Morning Star, 14th August Dr Tony O’Sullivan speaks to Kevin O’Sullivan about mounting waiting lists –Talk TV, 11th August Dr Tony O’Sullivan speaks to Henry Bonsu about record NHS waiting lists –Times...
NHS England's national cancer director has said that she is "cautiously optimistic" about reaching cancer waiting time targets by March 2023, but she refused to be drawn on what had happened to the government's proposed 10 year cancer plan. Cally Palmer was speaking to MPs on the Health and...
The NHS in England is dropping six of its cancer waiting time targets - claiming the move will benefit patients.
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The performance of NHS cancer services in England is lagging behind those of comparable countries, according to a new report.