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Dept of Health

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Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many suspected cancer patients in the Bury North constituency were seen by an NHS consultant within two weeks of referral in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [195348] Miss Melanie Johnson: Information on the number of suspected cancer patients seen has been collected since 2001. This is shown in the table. Waiting times for first out-patient appointment following urgent G(D)P referral with suspected cancer _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Quarter National health service Patients seen within 14 Percentage seen within trust days 14 days 2000-01 4 Oldham NHS Trust 167 93.3 2000-01 4 Rochdale Healthcare NHS 200 99.0 Trust 2000-01 4 North Manchester 200 93.9 Healthcare NHS Trust 2000-01 4 Bury Healthcare NHS 374 97.1 Trust 2001-02 1 Oldham NHS Trust 181 94.8 2001-02 1 Rochdale Healthcare NHS 224 97.8 Trust 2001-02 1 North Manchester 242 94.9 Healthcare NHS Trust 2001-02 1 Bury Healthcare NHS 345 96.1 Trust 2001-02 2 Oldham NHS Trust 162 96.4 2001-02 2 Rochdale Healthcare NHS 227 93.0 Trust 2001-02 2 North Manchester 298 90.6 Healthcare NHS Trust 2001-02 2 Bury Healthcare NHS 385 99.0 Trust 2001-02 3 Oldham NHS Trust 181 98.9 2001-02 3 Rochdale Healthcare NHS 235 99.6 Trust 2001-02 3 North Manchester 286 94.7 Healthcare NHS Trust 2001-02 3 Bury Healthcare NHS 398 99,5 Trust 2001-02 4 Oldham NHS Trust 197 98.5 2001-02 4 Rochdale Healthcare NHS 209 99.5 Trust 2001-02 4 North Manchester 302 99.7 Healthcare NHS Trust 2001-02 4 Bury Healthcare NHS 450 100.0 Trust 2002-03 1 Pennine Acute Hospitals 2,430 98.8 NHS Trust 2002-03 2 Pennine Acute Hospitals 2,480 99.1 NHS Trust 2002-03 3 Pennine Acute Hospitals 2,650 98.4 NHS Trust 2002-03 4 Pennine Acute Hospitals 2,380 95.8 NHS Trust 2003-04 1 Pennine Acute Hospitals 2,428 92.2 NHS Trust 2003-04 2 Pennine Acute Hospitals 2,348 94.9 NHS Trust 2003-04 3 Pennine Acute Hospitals 2,552 97.6 NHS Trust 2003-04 4 Pennine Acute Hospitals 2,372 97.4 NHS Trust 2004-05 1 Pennine Acute Hospitals 1,263 98.6 NHS Trust _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Department of Health forms QMCW and CWTDB.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

195348; 426 c636W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Cancer Consultants Administrative delays NHS Patients Bury

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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