NHS has 'foot on the gas' in effort to meet key cancer target, MPs told

NHS has 'foot on the gas' in effort to meet key cancer target, MPs told The NHS has a “job to do” to meet a key cancer target by March but has its “foot on the gas”, a health boss has said.

In February, NHS England said the number of people waiting more than 62 days from an urgent cancer referral to starting treatment should go back to pre-pandemic levels by March 2023.

At present, just 61.7% of people (the average for 2022/23 so far) get cancer treatment within 62 days, compared with 77.2% before the pandemic. The Independent