NHS meets all cancer targets

Overall just one in twenty patients in 2010-11 waited more than two weeks to be seen for diagnosis after being urgently referred by their GP while only 13% took more than 62 days from referral to treatment. Specifically, 95.5% of patients urgently referred for suspected cancer by their GP were seen by a specialist within 14 days of referral (target 93%), with a similar result (94.8%) for patients who exhibited breast symptoms but where cancer was not initially suspected. From diagnosis to first treatment 98.4% completed the process within the specified 31 days (target 96%) with this r...