HC Deb 10 June 2004 vol 422 cc556-7W
Mrs. Iris Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of patients were assessed by a specialist within two weeks of emergency referral in the last year for which figures are available. [176862]

Miss Melanie Johnson

A two week out-patient waiting time standard was introduced for all urgent referrals of suspected cancer during 2000. Performance against this standard is collected quarterly with the table showing performance for the last four available quarters. Further data on cancer waiting times targets is available at www.performance.doh.gov.uk/cancerwaits/

Percentage of patients
2002–03
Qtr 4 96.3
2003—04
Qtr 1 96.9
Qtr 2 97.7
Qtr 3 98