1) The total number of cancer patients who have been referred by you to mental health services during their treatment cancer under your services, in each year since 2010.
A) Please see the below table
2) A breakdown of that total figure into categories for the reason given for the cancer patients' referral, in each year since 2010.
A) We are unable to provide this as the information is not recorded within the cancer register.
3) A breakdown of that total figure into categories for the kinds of cancer that referred patients are suffering.
A) Please see below table
4) Details on average waiting time that cancer patients have faced while waiting for referral to mental health services each year over the past 10 years.
A) We are unable to provide this as the information is not recorded within the cancer register
Referrals by ELHT Cancer Nurse Specialists as recorded on the Somerset Cancer Register
|
2010
|
7
|
Breast
|
1
|
Colorectal
|
1
|
Gynae
|
3
|
Haematology
|
2
|
2011
|
9
|
Breast
|
2
|
Colorectal
|
2
|
Gynae
|
2
|
Haematology
|
1
|
Head and Neck
|
1
|
Urology
|
1
|
2012
|
5
|
Breast
|
2
|
Gynae
|
1
|
Haematology
|
1
|
Head and Neck
|
1
|
2013
|
6
|
Gynae
|
5
|
Haematology
|
1
|
2014
|
29
|
Breast
|
17
|
Colorectal
|
1
|
Gynae
|
1
|
Haematology
|
3
|
Head and Neck
|
2
|
Upper GI
|
3
|
Urology
|
2
|
2015
|
21
|
Breast
|
4
|
Colorectal
|
1
|
Gynae
|
12
|
Head and Neck
|
1
|
Upper GI
|
1
|
Urology
|
2
|
2016
|
33
|
Breast
|
16
|
Colorectal
|
5
|
Gynae
|
2
|
Haematology
|
4
|
Head and Neck
|
1
|
Lung
|
1
|
Upper GI
|
2
|
Urology
|
2
|
2017
|
48
|
Breast
|
24
|
Colorectal
|
5
|
CUP
|
1
|
Gynae
|
6
|
Haematology
|
3
|
Upper GI
|
2
|
Urology
|
7
|
2018
|
58
|
Breast
|
33
|
Colorectal
|
2
|
Gynae
|
4
|
Haematology
|
8
|
Head and Neck
|
1
|
Upper GI
|
3
|
Urology
|
7
|
2019
|
53
|
Breast
|
35
|
Gynae
|
8
|
Haematology
|
3
|
Lung
|
1
|
Upper GI
|
2
|
Urology
|
4
|