Skin Cancer Waiting Times      

FOI REFERENCE: 24116  FOI DATE: 21^st May 2024    

Request:

The number of patients who were on a waiting list at your Trust to start treatment following an urgent referral for any type of skin cancer for the each of the following financial years a) 2019/2020, b) 2020/21, c) 2021/22, d) 2022/2023 e) 2023/24

The number of patients who were on a waiting list at your Trust following an urgent referral for any type of skin cancer who waited longer than i) 62-days, ii) six-months, iii) 12-months to start treatment for the each of the following financial years a) 2019/2020, b) 2020/21, c) 2021/22, d) 2022/2023 e) 2023/24

The longest a patient waited who was on a waiting list at your Trust following an urgent referral for any type of skin cancer to start treatment in the financial year 2023/24

Response:

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust do not hold historic snapshots of cancer waiting lists so we are unable to answer these questions directly.  What I can supply is the above number of Skin Cancer referrals we received each year as well as our current number of patients on the Skin cancer PTL as well as the longest diagnosed waiter on the PTL.

Number of Skin Cancer referrals received each financial year

2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24
5189	4403	6165	6459	8025

Total Skin patients on the PTL as at 06/06/2024

842

Longest Diagnosed waiter on the Skin PTL (Days)

101