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Hospitals are meant to start treatment within 62 days of a GP referral - and have been set a target of achieving that for 85% of patients.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
Basically you’ve had it these days with this government and it’s lack of care and investment
If Miss May had cancer , she have all the tests done in a week .
The 62 days includes seeing the consultants and having all the diagnostics done to determine cancer, type of cancer, staging and is the date when a decision to treat has to be made. I work in this service and we try to get diagnostics carried out as quickly as pos - huge numbers!
whpresscorps But socialized medicine is so good that half of Congress wants to emulate it and force it upon us.
Implement higher tax bands with higher tax rates. Fund the NHS.
Zarkwan How does this compare with the devolved areas?
Sneekyboy So what percentage were seen within the 62 day guideline in Scotland, if not 95%? Half a story but I guess close enough to make the figure in England look even worse.
whpresscorps SOCIALISM!!!
tories
This right here is why hard-working Americans are against 'Medicare for all'. realDonaldTrump benshapiro MarkDice joerogan tedcruz AOC SenSanders ewarren BetoORourke
The BBC knows the tories cuts are to blame.
62 days for pancreatic cancer is a bit ridiculous.
Envy of the world 😆
Until how long are we going to tolerate this? Imagine the people in need waiting for this critical treatment and all we can think of is Brexit
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