The Effect of Increasing Two-Week Wait Referrals for Head and Neck Cancer in East Kent

In 1998 the UK government published its white paper The New NHS: Modern and Dependable, in which it first suggested that patients being referred with a suspicion of cancer should have a maximum wait of two weeks to see a specialist. The rationale for this was that outcomes for late-stage disease are...

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Published inBulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Vol. 93; no. 6; pp. 217 - 220
Main Authors Haikel, S, Dawe, N, Lekakis, G, Black, M, Mitchell, D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.06.2011
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Head & neck cancer
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Summary:In 1998 the UK government published its white paper The New NHS: Modern and Dependable, in which it first suggested that patients being referred with a suspicion of cancer should have a maximum wait of two weeks to see a specialist. The rationale for this was that outcomes for late-stage disease are significantly worse when compared with outcomes for early-stage disease (Table 1). It was assumed that reducing the wait to see a specialist would reduce the stage of disease at presentation.
ISSN:1473-6357
1478-7075
DOI:10.1308/147363511X576164