PERFORMANCE: Sefton PCT did not achieve a target to ensure 90 per of cancer patients were treated within 62 days after screening, says a report to the Merseyside PCT cluster.
The trust’s cumulative figure for April was 87.5 per cent due to two breaches, says the peformance report.
“One breach was due to patient choice and one breach was as a result of a referral delay between trusts,” says the report.
July 2012
NHS England will overhaul cancer screening as part of the long-term plan and has called on England’s first national cancer director to lead the work.
A clinical commissioning group in Greater Manchester is set to appoint a new accountable officer after revoking its shared leadership arrangement with a local authority.
Regional chiefs have identified Norfolk as a trouble spot this winter, with local ambulance handover delays described as a “major problem”, according to leaked meeting minutes obtained by HSJ.
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