Revealed – black and Asian people wait longer for cancer diagnosis in England than white people

Revealed – black and Asian people wait longer for cancer diagnosis in England than white people Black and Asian people in England have to wait longer for a cancer diagnosis than white people, with some forced to wait an extra six weeks, according to a “disturbing” analysis of NHS waiting times.

A damning review of the world’s largest primary care database by the University of Exeter and The Guardian discovered minority ethnic patients wait longer than white patients in six of seven cancers studied. Race and health leaders have called the results “deeply concerning” and “absolutely unacceptable”.

See also:

• Assessing Ethnic Inequalities in Diagnostic Interval of Common Cancers: A Population-Based UK Cohort Study (open access) Cancers
• Facing the uncomfortable possibility that healthcare is discriminatory The Guardian
• Black and Asian people in England waiting longer for cancer diagnosis – analysis The Independent