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Over three million additional appointments delivered as NHS exceeds faster diagnosis standard for cancer

The NHS has delivered more than 3.1 million additional appointments since July 2024 and hit the ambitious faster diagnosis standard for cancer, new figures show today. Monthly performance data shows that there were more than 3.1 million additional appointments delivered in the seven months from July 2024 (3,106,424 elective operations, outpatient appointments and diagnostic tests […]

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Waiting list falls as NHS staff treated record numbers last year

NHS staff delivered a record 18 million treatments in 2024, as the waiting list fell in December for the fourth month in a row. The overall backlog has dropped again from 7.48 million to 7.46 million, while the estimated number of patients waiting is down from 6.28 million to 6.24 million. Monthly figures show that […]

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NHS rolls out lifesaving home testing for bowel cancer to over 50s

Hundreds of thousands more people will be sent a home-testing kit that can help to detect signs of bowel cancer, as the NHS expands its lifesaving screening programme to those aged 50 in England. People aged 50 and 52 are now starting to automatically receive a home test kit every two years by post when […]

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Early cancer diagnosis in England reaches highest ever level 

The proportion of patients being diagnosed with cancer at an early stage in England has risen to its highest ever level, according to new NHS analysis.  Latest data on 13 of the most common cancers, such as breast, prostate and lung cancer, shows that nearly three in five patients are now being diagnosed at stages […]

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NHS patient describes new eye cancer treatment as “best early Christmas present”

The first ever drug for an aggressive form of eye cancer is being fast-tracked to hundreds of patients by the NHS across England. One patient receiving the treatment described the rollout as “the best early Christmas present I could’ve asked for”. Patients diagnosed with uveal melanoma can now be offered the first-of-its-kind treatment, tebentafusp, following […]

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