'Cancer crisis' as thousands suffer delays to time-critical treatment and falling survival rates, warns leading doctor
A ‘ cancer crisis’ is unfolding as waiting times for treatment continue to soar, warn expert doctors. Thousands of patients are waiting beyond the 62-day timeframe they should receive NHS treatment, leading to serious reductions in survival rates, according to a leading cancer charity.
That figure is down on the previous quarter, the final stage of 2021/22, which saw 63.9 per cent of patients treated by the target 62 days. But Prof Price hit back at the list, saying: “This data shows a worsening cancer crisis that must demand full and immediate attention of the new Health Secretary. As a clinician, it is shocking to me that cancer is not included within the C of her “ABCD” priorities.
The deteriorating monthly waiting times mean that almost 60,000 people have had their urgent cancer treatment delayed over the course of the last year. That number is anticipated to only grow. “We are working at pace to improve outcomes for cancer patients across England, including by opening up to 160 community diagnostic centres – over 80 of which are already open and have delivered over two million addition checks.”
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