Referrals for suspected cancer remain at about 16% higher than pre-pandemic levels
A record 2.7 million people were referred for cancer checks in the last year, NHS England has said.But at least 30,000 people are still waiting to start treatment.
Dame Cally Palmer, national cancer director for NHS England, said there were still 30,000 people who had not started treatment due to the pandemic but that the new figures suggested some progress. "I was in hospital within a couple of weeks for scans and met with a doctor at Derriford Hospital who was absolutely brilliant and explained the special robotic procedure I'd be having. He really put my mind at ease," he said.
Prof Peter Johnson, NHS England's national clinical director for cancer, said primary care referrals were at record levels and about 11,000 people a day were being tested, "but nobody would say for a moment we are where we would like to be". But he said: "The numbers of people that we're seeing for cancer tests have been going up at a faster rate than the numbers of people with cancer."
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