Cancer: Knowsley
(asked on 9th November 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the length of time it will take to clear the cancer treatment backlog in Knowsley.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 16th November 2021
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospital has estimated that waiting lists will be back to within national targets by January 2022. Patients in Knowsley are receiving anti-cancer drugs or radiotherapy within the national waiting times targets. There is no backlog at the local tertiary provider, the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.