War on cancer is FAILING: Ministers could push back crucial target once again

War on cancer is FAILING: Ministers could push back crucial target once again The NHS won't meet a key cancer target for another year, bosses expect.

Government plans set out that the number of cancer patients starting treatment within two months of an urgent GP referral should return to pre-Covid levels by March 2023.

Knock-on effects of Covid saw the backlog of patients waiting beyond 62 days spiral to a record high of 34,000 last summer — more than double levels seen before the pandemic struck. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Key cancer waiting time target set to be missed in England BBC News