NHS failure to meet waiting times targets risks patients' lives Only 38% of NHS trusts meeting 62-day waiting times standard for referral to treatment for cancer patients.
Waiting list for elective care has increased by 1.5 million since March 2013.
The NHS treats more and more people each year, and patients have a right to expect to receive treatment within the timescales set out by the NHS Constitution.
But more and more patients are being let down by the NHS’s continued failure to meet deadlines for waiting times. The percentage of patients treated within waiting times standards continues to get worse for both elective (non-urgent care) and cancer treatment.
It is unacceptable that less than half of NHS trusts and foundation trusts (trusts) meet the 18-week waiting times standard for elective treatment, and only 38% meet the 62-day standard from referral to treatment for cancer patients. Commons Public Accounts Committee
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Waiting list for elective care has increased by 1.5 million since March 2013.
The NHS treats more and more people each year, and patients have a right to expect to receive treatment within the timescales set out by the NHS Constitution.
But more and more patients are being let down by the NHS’s continued failure to meet deadlines for waiting times. The percentage of patients treated within waiting times standards continues to get worse for both elective (non-urgent care) and cancer treatment.
It is unacceptable that less than half of NHS trusts and foundation trusts (trusts) meet the 18-week waiting times standard for elective treatment, and only 38% meet the 62-day standard from referral to treatment for cancer patients. Commons Public Accounts Committee
See also:
- The King's Fund responds to the Public Accounts Committee’s report on NHS waiting times The King's Fund
- The worst places for cancer care waits revealed BBC News
- Three quarters of NHS services are FAILING to treat cancer patients quickly enough The Daily Mail
- Most NHS trusts missing cancer targets as waiting times soar The Daily Telegraph
- Cancer patients wait ‘unacceptably’ long time at three-fifths of NHS trusts, MPs say The Independent
- Patients at risk from growing NHS waiting lists – MPs ITV News
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