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Written question asked by Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 February 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 February 2023. It was answered by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 March 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Somerset NHS Foundation Trust: Cancer

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were waiting more than 62 days from urgent referral for suspected cancer to starting treatment in the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in each month between February 2020 and September 2022.

Answer

The following table shows the data requested.

The data for people waiting more than 28 days from urgent referral to diagnosis is only available from April 2021.

The data for the number of people waiting more than 62 days from referral to treatment is available between February 2020 and September 2022.

Date

Number of people were waiting more than 28 days from referral to diagnosis in the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in each month listed

Number of people were waiting more than 62 days from urgent referral for suspected cancer to starting treatment in the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in each month listed

Total told

Total told over standard

Total treated

Total treated over standard

February 2020

Unavailable

Unavailable

110

23.5

March 2020

Unavailable

Unavailable

113.5

22

April 2020

Unavailable

Unavailable

59

10.5

May 2020

Unavailable

Unavailable

48.5

16.5

June 2020

Unavailable

Unavailable

71

13

July 2020

Unavailable

Unavailable

77

24

August 2020

Unavailable

Unavailable

64.5

16.5

September 2020

Unavailable

Unavailable

91

25

October 2020

Unavailable

Unavailable

83.5

26

November 2020

Unavailable

Unavailable

103.5

30

December 2020

Unavailable

Unavailable

102

25

Total told

Total told over standard

Total treated

Total treated over standard

January 2021

Unavailable

Unavailable

92

25.5

February 2021

Unavailable

Unavailable

107

31

March 2021

Unavailable

Unavailable

100

16.5

April 2021

1192

393

81

23

May 2021

1216

345

88.5

34

June 2021

1256

358

98

33

July 2021

1104

329

95.5

26

August 2021

1071

308

86.5

31

September 2021

1172

330

94.5

23

October 2021

1144

273

87

20.5

November 2021

1308

322

105.5

30

December 2021

1275

302

89.5

20.5

Total told

Total told over standard

Total treated

Total treated over standard

January 2022

1058

314

105.5

41

February 2022

1063

201

89

24.5

March 2022

1230

307

83

23

April 2022

1033

277

76.5

22.5

May 2022

1180

374

128

50

June 2022

1037

448

99.5

43

July 2022

1062

399

91

34

August 2022

1136

688

102

30.5

September 2022

1169

611

87.5

47.5


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
149402
Session
2022-23
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Cancer Waiting lists Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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