Written question asked by Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 October 2002. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 October 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of child patients receive treatment for (a) testicular cancer and (b) acute leukaemia within one month of initial GP referral. - Inc table.

Answer: Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of child patients receive treatment for (a) testicular cancer and (b) acute leukaemia within one month of initial GP referral. [75777] Ms Blears: The targets of a maximum one month wait from urgent general practitioner referral to first treatment for children's cancers, testicular cancer and acute leukaemia were introduced in December 2001. Central monitoring of the targets began in January 2002 and the table below shows performance for the three cancer sites in the last two quarters for which data are available. The table shows the proportion of patients treated within the target time. One Month from Urgent Referral to First Treatment _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Quarter 4 2001-02 Quarter 1 2002-03 Children's cancers 100% 100% Testicular cancer 92% 93.5% Acute Leukaemia 100% 99% _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 75777; 391 c408-9W;391 c405W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Children Cancer Medical treatments Waiting lists Standards Leukaemia Testicular cancer
Contains statistics: Yes
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