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NHS Wales hitting cancer treatment targets (22 February 2016)

Date: 22/02/2016
Duncan Lewis, Clinical Negligence Solicitors, NHS Wales hitting cancer treatment targets

New figures show that cancer waiting times in Wales have improved, with NHS Wales meeting the 98% target for treating cancer within 31 days in December 2015.

Figures show that in December, 98.9% of people starting cancer treatment in Wales did so within the target time – the best performance recorded since October 2013.

The figures also show a total of 86.2% of people in Wales started cancer treatment within 62 days of being referred with urgent suspected cancer by their GP – including all diagnostic tests and consultations with experts.

The Welsh Government says this is an improvement on treatment figures of 84.3% in November 2015 – and is the best performance since July 2015.

The improvements to cancer waiting times come after Welsh Assembly Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething asked each of Wales’ health boards to produce 100-day plans to improve cancer services in October 2015.

After the figures were published on Wednesday (17/02/16), Mr Gething said:

“Over the last year, more than 16,000 people in Wales have been treated for cancer in the Welsh NHS.

“More than 14,700 were treated within target time – 9,000 within the 31-day target.

“I’m very pleased the NHS met the 31-day target in December 2015 – I expect health boards to ensure this performance continues in the months ahead and improve performance for people on the 62-day pathway.”

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