Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 182787
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: Cancer
Tabled: 26 April 2023
Answered: 2 May 2023
Named DayQuestion
Derek Twigg
Labour — Widnes and Halewood
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2023 to Question 179994 on Cancer: Halton, how many and what proportion of cancer patients of St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust who received an
Answer
Helen WhatelyIn February 2023 74 cancer patients of St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust received their first treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral. This represents 77.8% of patients whose general practitioner made an urgent referral.