1. What was the longest a patient at your Trust waited (in weeks/days) for -
a) a first consultant appointment, following a GP urgent referral on the two week wait pathway;
b) being told they have cancer, or cancer being definitively excluded, following a GP urgent referral on the two week wait pathway;
c) a first treatment for cancer, following a GP urgent referral on the two week wait pathway;
d) a diagnostic test or procedure, following a GP urgent referral on the two week wait pathway
In each of the following calendar years – 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022?
For ease of response, I have provided the following table:
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2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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Longest wait for a first consultant appointment, following a GP urgent referral on the two week wait pathway
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Longest wait for being told they have cancer, or cancer being definitively excluded, following a GP urgent referral on the two week wait pathway
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Longest wait for a first treatment for cancer, following a GP urgent referral on the two week wait pathway
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Longest wait for a diagnostic test or procedure, following a GP urgent referral on the two week wait pathway
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2. At the end of January 2023, what was the longest a patient at your Trust had been waiting (in weeks/days) for -
a) a first consultant appointment, following a GP urgent referral on the two week wait pathway;
b) being told they have cancer, or cancer being definitively excluded, following a GP urgent referral on the two week wait pathway;
c) a first treatment for cancer, following a GP urgent referral on the two week wait pathway;
d) a diagnostic test or procedure, following a GP urgent referral on the two week wait pathway?