More than 300,000 cancer patients will face treatment delays over the next five years unless the Government drives up NHS performance, according to a new analysis.
Cancer Research UK projects there will be 17.2 million urgent suspected cancer referrals in England over the next five years and, by 2029, there will be a fifth more than in the last year alone.
The charity analysed the current NHS waiting times target, which says 85% of cancer patients should begin treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral – a target that has not been met since 2015.
It found that in the first six months of this year, 65.9% of cancer patients were treated within the target timeframe in England, meaning more than 30,000 patients did not start treatment on time.
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