The official statistics on commissioner-based NHS cancer waiting times, in a new quarterly format, produced by the Department of Health were released on 23 March 2012 in accordance with Code of Practice for Official Statistics .

Commissioner-based waiting times for cancer services

Quarters One, Two and Three 2011/12

The key points from the latest release are:
The key results for outpatient services and first definitive treatments show that, in England during the period April to December 2011:

• Two week wait – % of patients seen by a specialist within two weeks of an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer
  • Q1 2011-12 – 95.4%
  • Q2 2011-12 – 95.7%
  • Q3 2011-12 – 96.2%

• One Month (31-day) wait – % of patients who began first treatment within 31 days of diagnosis, for all cancers
  • Q1 2011-12 – 98.2%
  • Q2 2011-12 – 98.4%
  • Q3 2011-12 – 98.5%

• Two Month (62-day wait) –  % of patients who began first treatment within 62 days of an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer, for all cancers
  • Q1 2011-12 – 86.5%
  • Q2 2011-12 – 87.2%
  • Q3 2011-12 – 87.8%

Figures by cancer or treatment type (for first and subsequent treatments) and for non-cancer two week wait activity are as follows:

• Breast symptom two week wait – % of people urgently referred for breast symptoms (where cancer was not initially suspected) who were seen within two weeks of referral
  • Q1 2011-12 – 94.6%
  • Q2 2011-12 – 96.0%
  • Q3 2011-12 – 96.3%

• 31-day wait – % of people who were treated within 31 days where the subsequent treatment was surgery – (97.7% in Q2 2011-12)
  • Q1 2011-12 – 97.5%
  • Q2 2011-12 – 97.6%
  • Q3 2011-12 – 97.6%

• 31-day wait – % of people treated within 31 days where the subsequent treatment was an anti-cancer drug regimen
  • Q1 2011-12 – 99.7%
  • Q2 2011-12 – 99.8%
  • Q3 2011-12 – 99.8%

• 31-day wait – % of people treated within 31 days where the subsequent treatment was a course of radiotherapy
  • Q1 2011-12 – 98.1%
  • Q2 2011-12 – 98.1%
  • Q3 2011-12 – 98.5%

• 62-day wait – % of people who began first treatment within 62 days following a consultants decision to upgrade a patient’s priority, for all cancers
  • Q1 2011-12 – 93.1%
  • Q2 2011-12 – 92.9%
  • Q3 2011-12 – 93.5%

• 62-day wait – % of people who began first treatment for cancer within 62 days of referral from an NHS cancer screening service, for all cancers
  • Q1 2011-12 – 92.8%
  • Q2 2011-12 – 93.2%
  • Q3 2011-12 – 94.5%

Contact address and email

You can obtain further details about the statistics published in this section or comment on the section by contacting the following address:

Cancer Waiting Times Team
Department of Health
Wellington House (Area 411)
133-155 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8UG

Email: cancer-waits@dh.gsi.gov.uk

20011-12 Q1-3: Pre-release access list (PDF, 18K)

Quarter 1 – excel and csv files

Download Commissioner based waiting times for cancer services-complete volume [Q1 2011-12]- REVISED 18-02-15 (xls 179kB)

Download Supporting Information [Q1 2011-12] (csv, 4K)

Download All cancer two week wait [Q1 2011-12] (csv, 17K)

Download Breast symptom (non cancer) two week wait [Q1 2011-12] (csv, 21K)

Download One month wait from diagnosis to first treatment [Q1 2011-12] (csv, 18K)

Download 31-day wait for second or subsequent treatment: drug treatments [Q1 2011-12] (csv, 20K)

Download 31-day wait for second or subsequent treatment: radiotherapy treatments [Q1 2011-12] (csv, 18K)

Download 31-day wait for second or subsequent treatment: surgery [Q1 2011-12] (csv, 17K)

Download Two month urgent GP referral to first treatment wait [Q1 2011-12] (csv, 18K)

Download Q1 2011-12 62-day wait for first treatment following a national screening service referral – REVISED 18-02-15 (csv 17kB)

Download Q1 2011-12 62-day wait for first treatment following a consultant upgrade – REVISED 18-02-15 (csv 17kB)

Quarter 2 – excel and csv files

Download Commissioner based waiting times for cancer services-complete volume [Q2 2011-12] – REVISED 18-02-15 (xls 406kB)

CSV Files

Download Supporting Information [Q2 2011-12] (csv, 4K)

Download All cancer two week wait [Q2 2011-12] – REVISED 18-02-15 (csv 17kB)

Download Breast symptom (non cancer) two week wait [Q2 2011-12] (csv, 21K)

Download One month wait from diagnosis to first treatment [Q2 2011-12] – REVISED 18-02-15 (csv 18kB)

Download 31-day wait for second or subsequent treatment: drug treatments [Q2 2011-12] (csv, 19K)

Download 31-day wait for second or subsequent treatment radiotherapy treatments [Q2 2011-12] – REVISED 18-02-15 (csv 18kB)

Download 31-day wait for second or subsequent treatment: surgery [Q2 2011-12] (csv, 17K)

Download Two month urgent GP referral to first treatment wait [Q2 2011-12] – REVISED 18-02-15 (csv 18kB)

Download 62-day wait from cancer screening to first treatment [Q2 2-11-12] – REVISED 18-02-15 (csv 17kB)

Download 62-day wait from consultant upgrade to first treatment [Q2 2011-12] -REVISED 18-02-15 (csv 18kB)

Quarter 3 – excel and csv files

Download Commissioner based waiting times for cancer services-complete volume [Q3 2011-12] – REVISED 18-02-15 (xls 411kB)

CSV Files

Download Supporting Information [Q3 2011-12] (csv, 4K)

Download All cancer two week wait [Q3 2011-12] (csv, 17K)

Download Breast symptom (non cancer) two week wait [Q3 2011-12] (csv, 22K)

Download One month wait from diagnosis to first treatment [Q3 2011-12] -REVISED 18-02-15 (csv 19kB)

Download 31-day wait for second or subsequent treatment: drug treatments [Q3 2011-12] (csv, 20K)

Download 31-day wait for second or subsequent treatment: radiotherapy treatments [Q3 2011-12] (csv, 18K)

Download 31-day wait for second or subsequent treatment: surgery [Q3 2011-12] (csv, 17K)

Download Two month urgent GP referral to first treatment wait [Q3 2011-12] – REVISED 18-02-15 (csv 19kB)

Download 62-day wait from cancer screening to first treatment [Q3 2011-12] – REVISED 18-02-15 (csv 18kB)

Download 62-day wait from consultant upgrade to first treatment [Q3 2011-12] – REVISED 18-02-15 (csv 18kB)