One in five patients are waiting more than two months to have cancerous tumours removed in parts of England - so how does YOUR area fare?

One in five patients are waiting more than two months to have cancerous tumours removed in parts of England - so how does YOUR area fare? One in five cancer patients are waiting longer than two months to have tumours removed in some parts of England, official figures show.

Waits are worst in North West and South West London, where 20.2 per cent of patients did not undergo surgery within eight weeks of a cancer diagnosis, according to Labour party analysis of NHS England data. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Labour blames postcode lottery in cancer care in England for delays The Guardian
• NHS cancer patients ‘facing post code lottery’ in waits for treatment The Independent