PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Cancer: Medical Treatments (19 July 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people waiting for cancer treatment.
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Answer
The latest monthly Cancer Waiting Times statistics published on 14 July 2022 show that, in England, in May 2022, over 238,000 people received a cancer diagnosis outcome following a screening or urgent GP referral. A subset of these patients received a diagnosis of cancer and require treatment. NHS England do not publish data on the number of people waiting for cancer treatment.
Answered by:
James Morris (Conservative)
19 July 2022
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