AQW 7591/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the average time from first appointment to diagnosis for cancer patients.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 25 September 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 25 September 2020
- Answer due by
- 12 October 2020
- Answered
- 12 October 202017 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
In the most recently published month (August 2020), provisional figures indicate that the average waiting time from first appointment to diagnosis for patients with an urgent GP referral for suspect cancer was 26 days for patients who began treatment in August 2020. This information is not available for patients referred via other routes.