Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of symptomatic breast appointments at Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in each of the last five years.
NHS England publishes monthly National Health Service trust level cancer performance data. The following tables show referrals and performance for Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and nationally in March in each of the last five years against this standard.
Number of referrals for two week wait breast symptomatic (where cancer not initially suspected) from general practitioner (GP) urgent referral to first consultant appointment 93% standard in March in each of the last 5 years at Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and nationally.
- | March 2015 | March 2016 | March 2017 | March 2018 | March 2019 |
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 91 | 115 | 128 | 125 | 154 |
National | 20,100 | 19,600 | 21,000 | 16,800 | 17,300 |