A consultation exercise on scrapping some of them was started last year. the outcome is set to be published in the next few days but it will need to be approved by ministers. what we have is a consultation at the moment with leading clinical figures in the cancer world and with the cancer charities asking whether the checks we ve got are driving the right outcomes in terms of cancer survival or whether there are better ways of measuring those. so, this is something led by clinicians working in cancer, it s not something being imposed by the government. three targets would be maintained diagnosis of cancer within 28 days of referral. the start of treatment within two months from an urgent referral. and treatment starting one month after a decision to treat. but other targets, for example, a two week wait from an urgent gp referral to see a consultant, including for breast cancer patients, will be dropped. nhs england says the changes
At the moment with leading clinical figures in the cancer world and with the cancer charities asking whether the checks we ve got are driving the right outcomes in terms of cancer survival or whether there are better ways of measuring those. so, this is something led by clinicians working in cancer, it s not something being imposed by the government. three targets would be maintained diagnosis of cancer within 28 days of referral. the start of treatment within two months from an urgent referral. and treatment starting one month after a decision to treat. but other targets, for example, a two week wait from an urgent gp referral to see a consultant, including for breast cancer patients, will be dropped. nhs england says the changes would remove the need for unnecessary outpatient appointments in order to meet waiting time rules and allow more patients to get a faster diagnosis. but the reality is that most cancer targets have been missed for some time, and labour believes that s what
The proposals have been worked on by clinicians and have been out for consultation since last year. some cancer charities, though, say more investment is needed in treatment capacity. our health correspondent dominic hughes has the details. nhs england says it wants to simplify and update cancer waiting time standards following the advice of expert doctors. the nine standards that exist at the moment are said to be confusing for patients and staff. a consultation exercise on scrapping some of them was started last year. the outcome is set to be published in the next few days but it will need to be approved by ministers. what we have is a consultation at the moment with leading clinical figures in the cancer world and with the cancer charities asking whether the checks we ve got are driving the right outcomes in terms of cancer survival or whether there are better ways of measuring those. so, this is something led by clinicians working in cancer, it s not something being imposed by the
Say more investment is needed in treatment capacity. our health correspondent dominic hughes has the details: nhs england says it wants to simplify and update cancer waiting time standards following the advice of expert doctors. the nine standards that exist at the moment are said to be confusing for patients and staff. a consultation exercise on scrapping some of them was started last year. the outcome is set to be published in the next few days but it will need to be approved by ministers. what we have is a consultation at the moment with leading clinical figures in the cancer world and with the cancer charities asking whether the checks we ve got are driving the right outcomes in terms of cancer survival or whether there are better ways of measuring those. so this is something led by clinicians working in cancer, it s not something being imposed by the government. three targets would be maintained: diagnosis of cancer within 28 days of referral, start of treatment within two months