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Cancer: Shropshire

Answer

Statistics on average waiting times between decision to treat and treatment for cancer are not collected centrally.The cancer waiting time standard of a maximum wait of 31 days from decision to treat, to first cancer treatment was introduced for all patients and all treatment modalities from December 2005. Statistics showing overall performance are published on a quarterly basis on the Department's website at:"www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Statistics/Performancedataandstatistics/HospitalWaitingTimesandListStatistics/CancerWaitingTimes/index.htm"The number and percentage of patients receiving first treatment for cancer within one month of decision to treat, for acute trusts in Shropshire, as at quarter 3 of 2009-10 is shown in the following table.

Trust	Number of patients	Percentage of patients
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust	3	100
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust	325	95.3
Notes:
1. Statistics on average waiting times are not collected centrally. Data shown relate to compliance with the two-month waiting time standard from urgent general practitioner referral for suspected cancer to first treatment.
2. Low number of cases are likely to be explained by the specialist nature of particular trusts which would not normally routinely treat cancer patients. Reported compliance is more prone to fluctuation where numbers are relatively low.
Source:
Cancer Waiting Times database.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

508 c1436W; 325403

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Cancer Shropshire

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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