NHS targets state that 93% of patients should have an appointment with a cancer specialist within two weeks of an urgent GP referral.
The party's health spokesperson Daisy Cooper said:"It is a national scandal that crucial targets are being routinely missed, leaving many people waiting anxiously for a cancer diagnosis."The evidence tells us how critical a speedy diagnosis can be. The government must get a grip on this crisis so cancer patients get the urgent care they need to give them the best chance of survival.
But the number of exploratory tests which typically confirm or rule out a cancer diagnosis are down on pre-pandemic levels and in some cases the lowest since records began in 2009. A Department for Health and Social Care spokesperson said:"The latest NHS data shows a higher percentage of people with suspected cancer were seen within the 2 week wait standard in December compared to November.
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