Pancreatic Cancer

(asked on 8th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pancreatic cancer patients received treatment within 20 days of diagnosis in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 18th February 2019

The information is not available in the format requested.

Clinical priority remains the main determinant of when a patient should be treated.

NHS England will shortly be introducing a new Faster Diagnostic Standard for all cancer patients, including those with suspected pancreatic cancer, which will see patients given a diagnosis or the all clear within 28 days. The 31-day standard of decision to treat to undergoing first treatment will remain in place. However, this is an upper limit and clinical priority will always remain the main determinant of when a patient should be treated.

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