Barnsley Hospital 88.7%Cancer was one of the priorities in the 10-year plan for the NHS unveiled earlier this year as part of the increase in investment being made in the health service.
The long-term plan made speeding up diagnosis a key focus - this is considered a major bottleneck in the system. Rapid diagnostic centres - where patients can see a range of specialists in one place - are being rolled out.Details of plans to boost the number of doctors and nurses in the system are expected to be unveiled later in the year.
But NHS England said the health service was doing well in the circumstances, adding services had had to cope with a 15% increase in urgent referrals in the past year. "Cancer survival is at an all-time high in England and that is because the NHS continues to put itself under pressure by ramping up the number of people who get checked so that more cancers are caught early when they are easier to treat," a spokeswoman added.Services in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are also struggling to see patients within 62 days.But the most recent figures show 13 out of 14 Scottish health boards were not hitting their target.
Important story that socialized medicine is NOT the paradise Bernie would have us believe. Our system is a mess but it is important to have realistic expectations of how care will be rationed. Yes I know we ration by economic status but there will be rationing and waiting.
Very troubling to see some of these figures!
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