Wednesday, 3 September 2008

Cancer Waiting Times Statistics - 2008/09 Quarter 1, UK

�The key points from the a la mode release are:



Performance on the basketball team standards has remained around their highest
recorded levels, during the period April to June 2008, videlicet:



- 99.9% of patients were seen inside 2 weeks from urgent GP referral
to outpatient appointment. This is a marginal increase from 99.8% in
2007-08 Q4 and the same as in the equivalent time period last year.



- 99.8% of patients were treated inside 1 month from diagnosing to
discussion for chest cancer. This is a marginal increase from 99.7%
in 2007-08 Q4 and in the equivalent period last year.



- 99.6% of patients were treated within 2 months from urgent GP
referral to treatment for breast cancer. This is a slight increase
from 99.5% in 2007-08 Q4 but a flimsy decrease from 99.8% in the same
period last twelvemonth.



- 99.6% of patients were treated inside 1 month from diagnosing to
treatment for all cancers. This is a marginal increase from 99.5% in
2007-08 Q4 and the same as in the equivalent period last year.



- 97.1% of patients were treated within 2 months from pressing GP
referral to handling for all cancers. This is an increase from 96.8%
in 2007-08 Q4 and 96.9% in the same period last year.



See this link for detailed figures.




Detailed notes can be found at the following link.

Department of Health



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