People With Urgent General Practitioner Referral Having First Definitive Treatment for Cancer Within 62 Days
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
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.
Numerator
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.
Denominator
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.
Exclusions
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.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
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.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
NHS England Monthly Provider Cancer Waiting Times Statistics and Public Health Scotland website report: Cancer Waiting Times in NHS Scotland.