Treatment delays for deadly cancers tripled over the past 12 years, new figures reveal

Deadly cancer treatment delays have tripled over the past twelve years. (Image: Getty) Deadly cancer treatment delays have tripled over the past twelve years with more than a third of patients waiting longer than the two month target. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that 33.

4 percent of cancer patients are waiting longer than the 62-day standard to access treatment - the maximum time patients should wait between a cancer referral and the start of treatment. The number of patients in England who are not treated within this limit has risen by three times in compared to 2012. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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