§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of patients presenting with breast cancer are seen within 14 days when GP written referral request was received within 24 hours for(a) each health authority and (b) in total in England for the last two years for which figures are available. [13615]
§ Ms BlearsThe two week waiting time standard was introduced for urgent cases of suspected breast cancer from April 1999. Performance data for the last two years by health authority are shown in the table.
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Percentage of patients seen for first out-patient appointment within two weeks when urgently referred by their GP with suspected breast cancer, and the referral being received by the NHS Trust within 24 hours: England and host health authority Percentage 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Health authority Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Quarter 1 Buckinghamshire 96.9 96.9 97.7 96.5 96.5 95.3 96.1 98.1 94.7 Bexley and Greenwich 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.2 100.0 96.4 — Bromley 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 94.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 — Croydon 100.0 100.0 92.1 58.2 98.4 98.7 98.9 100.0 100.0 East Kent 95.4 100.0 99.0 96.1 97.8 99.0 97.6 96.1 96.2 West Kent 86.3 92.6 95.4 77.2 90.9 93.4 86.6 87.1 79.3 Kingston and Richmond 93.5 96.6 100.0 97.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 97.8 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 93.2 98.3 100.0 97.4 98.0 98.1 99.6 98.0 97.9 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 95.3 100.0 100.0 98.6 99.2 99.3 99.7 99.7 100.0 East Surrey 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.3 98.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 West Surrey 96.8 97.0 96.2 97.6 99.1 99.2 100.0 97.6 99.4 East Sussex Brighton and Hove 87.7 86.2 90.7 67.7 61.1 94.5 81.1 74.6 62.4 West Sussex 94.7 95.8 98.0 98.0 98.8 96.1 92.5 96.0 94.9 Barking and Havering 100.0 100.0 99.1 100.0 100.0 99.2 99.4 47.6 100.0 Barnet 87.9 96.2 100.0 97.1 98.5 98.9 96.6 82.0 — Brent and Harrow 83.4 93.1 91.2 97.3 66.9 76.7 100.0 97.9 100.0 Camden and Islington 86.8 98.5 92.2 97.0 98.6 90.8 96.5 94.8 97.2 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 70.7 100.0 100.0 95.9 95.3 96.9 99.5 96.3 96.0 East London and City 60.0 77.5 92.2 90.9 89.6 90.8 90.1 93.2 100.0 North Essex 82.1 95.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.6 99.7 100.0 99.6 South Essex 100.0 99.2 99.5 92.8 99.5 100.0 100.0 99.1 90.8 South Lancashire 44.3 84.0 93.5 92.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Liverpool 80.4 100.0 99.5 99.5 92.6 100.0 100.0 96.8 98.2 Manchester 40.7 52.0 91.4 97.7 99.5 95.5 96.9 99.5 96.2 Morecambe Bay 70.4 91.9 94.2 78.3 74.8 79.6 94.2 95.6 88.2 St. Helens and Knowsley 100.0 57.6 90.0 89.8 97.5 100.0 98.8 100.0 85.4 Salford and Trafford 44.2 82.9 94.8 93.3 66.7 90.8 95.5 92.9 93.4 Sefton 76.2 88.2 95.0 100.0 96.3 100.0 98.7 99.6 99.6 Stockport 91.4 99.2 100.0 99.1 99.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 West Pennine 53.8 68.8 97.7 98.0 88.0 98.7 96.3 97.0 98.6 Northamptonshire 82.2 96.8 99.5 97.9 100.0 99.4 98.1 98.6 100.0 Oxfordshire 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Suffolk 94.8 98.9 97.3 99.1 98.5 98.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 Barnsley 91.1 100.0 100.0 71.1 71.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.1 North Derbyshire 92.2 100.0 100.0 81.4 91.5 96.2 100.0 95.7 98.0 Southern Derbyshire 98.8 100.0 96.0 97.8 98.7 100.0 99.4 99.5 99.4 Doncaster 98.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.8 Leicestershire 99.3 99.4 99.4 98.6 89.0 82.4 97.4 100.0 99.4 Lincolnshire 89.3 100.0 100.0 99.5 100.0 99.1 99.7 100.0 99.3 North Nottinghamshire 85.5 92.6 98.5 97.3 85.7 100.0 97.6 100.0 98.4 Nottingham 98.1 97.2 92.1 99.0 90.5 97.7 93.3 92.0 92.5 Rotherham 96.3 97.8 100.0 97.7 100.0 66.1 96.3 100.0 100.0 Sheffield 96.6 98.2 97.7 100.0 100.0 99.3 97.9 92.5 100.0 Bury and Rochdale 60.2 85.0 89.1 96.0 94.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 North Cheshire 94.9 90.2 89.4 97.6 94.7 94.7 95.6 100.0 95.2 South Cheshire 95.5 98.6 99.4 96.7 95.0 98.5 98.1 95.8 96.9 East Lancashire 85.3 86.8 85.3 91.1 93.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 North West Lancashire 56.5 76.7 73.7 75.8 75.5 84.5 91.4 99.1 100.0 North and Mid Hampshire 100.0 95.8 99.4 99.4 92.1 94.4 97.5 98.3 95.3 Portsmouth and SE Hampshire 99.0 90.0 100.0 99.7 97.8 98.5 91.1 82.9 — Southampton and SW Hampshire 97.1 100.0 95.6 90.6 99.4 96.0 98.1 97.9 99.0 Isle of Wight 100.0 86.5 89.1 87.7 95.9 100.0 96.4 100.0 — Somerset 94.9 97.8 99.7 96.5 100.0 98.1 92.6 94.3 99.6 South and West Devon 100.0 100.0 98.9 100.0 92.7 99.3 100.0 100.0 98.6 Wiltshire 100.0 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.2 99.8 100.0 97.8 98.6 Avon 100.0 98.0 99.5 98.4 97.0 94.7 94.6 95.3 98.2 Birmingham 96.1 99.8 99.1 98.9 99.0 98.7 91.9 94.9 94.7 Wigan and Bolton 63.7 70.3 86.1 92.8 95.0 99.4 100.0 92.9 95.8 Wirral 42.0 64.0 67.3 93.7 87.5 83.5 84.8 99.4 100.0 Bradford 93.5 92.2 97.7 91.0 99.1 98.0 86.5 88.1 96.8 County Durham and Darlington 97.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.5 100.0 100.0 93.6 East Riding and Hull 37.3 72.4 100.0 99.0 100.0 99.5 94.6 100.0 100.0 Gateshead and South Tyneside 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.3 96.8 98.4 98.6 95.7 Leeds 92.0 96.1 96.3 95.9 94.5 93.9 92.6 100.0 93.3 Newcastle and North Tyneside 69.0 95.1 99.4 100.0 99.5 96.9 66.7 100.0 100.0 North Cumbria 96.6 97.1 97.5 84.9 83.8 99.1 71.1 92.9 99.3 South Humber 74.3 88.2 98.1 99.1 99.5 97.9 100.0 100.0 99.2 Northumberland 96.0 98.0 92.3 95.2 96.5 94.2 56.4 88.9 57.7 Sunderland 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.2 100.0 100.0 Tees 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.4 99.4 100.0 99.2 98.0 96.5 Wakefield 99.1 99.1 91.3 96.4 77.9 83.0 100.0 100.0 69.9 North Yorkshire 71.3 79.0 79.7 69.2 87.4 95.8 91.8 95.1 99.2 Calderdale and Kirklees 99.5 100.0 99.3 100.0 100.0 98.1 92.6 99.4 100.0
Percentage of patients seen for first out-patient appointment within two weeks when urgently referred by their GP with suspected breast cancer, and the referral being received by the NHS Trust within 24 hours: England and host health authority Percentage 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Health authority Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Quarter 1 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 97.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.5 99.5 100.0 91.1 97.7 Dorset 99.7 99.8 100.0 99.2 99.8 100.0 99.4 100.0 100.0 North and East Devon 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Gloucestershire 100.0 100.0 100.0 97.5 100.0 98.2 100.0 100.0 99.3 Coventry 92.4 99.1 99.6 98.3 98.9 98.6 99.3 99.6 98.9 Dudley 98.6 95.8 68.9 100.0 99.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Herefordshire 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 87.7 99.0 100.0 96.9 94.8 Sandwell 100.0 100.0 58.3 89.3 98.6 88.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 Shropshire 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.4 100.0 99.5 97.6 99.3 97.8 North Staffordshire 99.4 94.3 97.7 100.0 100.0 90.2 97.6 99.5 94.7 South Staffordshire 100.0 99.3 99.1 98.4 97.8 96.0 75.3 73.2 77.6 Walsall 99.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.8 Warwickshire 99.1 98.0 99.5 93.8 96.1 94.4 99.3 100.0 100.0 Wolverhampton 95.2 88.8 100.0 99.3 100.0 99.4 99.4 100.0 96.2 Worcestershire 100.0 94.8 100.0 95.2 95.9 96.4 96.3 90.4 89.3 East and North Hertfordshire 77.2 91.6 95.1 94.8 78.8 94.4 96.7 94.0 — West Hertfordshire 73.9 77.5 100.0 97.1 97.8 99.1 99.5 89.5 — Cambridgeshire 93.8 99.3 99.7 100.0 99.7 100.0 100.0 99.8 99.8 Norfolk 99.7 91.8 98.2 99.7 98.0 96.5 95.6 100.0 99.6 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 86.3 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 99.1 Hertfordshire 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 97.0 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 99.1 1 Not applicable due to health authority mergers in 2001–02 Source:
Department of Health form QMCW