Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 2031
Blood Cancer: Health Services
Tabled: 29 July 2024
Answered: 2 September 2024
Question
Mr Mark Francois
Conservative — Rayleigh and Wickford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consistent publication of data on waiting times for (a) leukaemia and (b) other cancer treatments.
Answer
Karin SmythCancer waiting time data is collected by NHS England according to three performance standards: the Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS), which aims to ensure patients have cancer diagnosed or ruled out within 28 days of referral from a general practice or scre...
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