Proportion of people who were treated following an urgent general practitioner (GP) referral for suspected cancer, who began their first definitive treatment within 62 days of referral.

Number of people with an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer who received first treatment in the quarter and where the referral to first treatment is within 62 days, by Clinical Commissioning Group.

The total number of people receiving first treatment for cancer within the quarter, who have had an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer, by Clinical Commissioning Group.

Patients not recorded as beginning treatment, including patients who are found not to have cancer in the diagnostic test that follows the urgent referral, and patients who go directly onto a palliative pathway and receive either a palliative intervention (such as stenting) or palliative care (e.g. pain relief), patients with non-invasive cancers.

Cancer Waiting Times Database (CWT-Db) allows NHS providers to record data derived from patient care activity. As a patient moves through the stages of their treatment pathway data on referrals, treatments and diagnosis are derived from care records locally.

NHS England Monthly Provider Cancer Waiting Times Statistics and Public Health Scotland website report: Cancer Waiting Times in NHS Scotland.

www.nice.org.uk/standards-and-indicators/nlindicators/people-with-urgent-gp-referral-having-first-definitive-treatment-for-cancer-within-62-days Reported at: www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/ and www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Waiting-Times/Cancer/