{"id":43327,"date":"2024-09-26T10:48:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T10:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/patients-wait-longer-for-urgent-referrals\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T10:48:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T10:48:28","slug":"patients-wait-longer-for-urgent-referrals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/patients-wait-longer-for-urgent-referrals\/","title":{"rendered":"Patients wait longer for urgent referrals"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The target states that all urgent breast cancer referrals should be seen within 14 days<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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There has been a further reduction in the number of people being seen for suspected breast cancer within the recommended target, official figures show.<\/p>\n

Between April and June 2024, only 30.7% of patients were seen by a breast cancer specialist within 14 days of their GP urgent referral, compared to 38.6% in the previous quarter.<\/p>\n

For the same period in 2023 the figure was 62.4%.<\/p>\n

The ministerial target states that all urgent breast cancer referrals should be seen within 14 days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Health Minister Mike Nesbitt announced a regional waiting list for breast cancer assessment is to be introduced, in response to the “unacceptable” waiting times for breast cancer services<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The latest cancer waiting times for Northern Ireland show targets for treatment continue to be missed.<\/p>\n

In the quarter ending June 2024, 35.8% of patients started treatment within 62 days, compared with 39.4% in the same quarter last year.<\/p>\n

According to targets set by the Department of Health (DoH), 95% of patients should begin treatment within 62 days after an urgent GP referral.<\/p>\n

It also stated at least 98% of patients diagnosed with cancer should receive their first definitive treatment within 31 days of a decision to treat.<\/p>\n

The latest figures show 91.4% of patients started treatment within the 31-day deadline, compared to 91.9% in the same quarter last year.<\/p>\n

Figures for the Belfast Health Trust are not included in the latest cancer waiting time statistics because of the recent transition to the new electronic patient record system – Encompass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘Unacceptable situation for patients’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Debbie King from Cancer Research UK said the waiting times are a “symptom of the huge pressures facing health services in Northern Ireland”.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an unacceptable situation for patients left worrying that they have a disease that could progress if left untreated,” she continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite the challenging situation, the Northern Ireland Executive must make the necessary investment that\u2019s needed to ensure people don\u2019t miss out on life-saving cancer care.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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