1. Early Diagnosis Diagnostics Cancer Waits Survivorship South West Cancer Network
14 November 2014

2. More Diagnostic Demand
The Connections
Poor Survival
Early Diagnosis
More Diagnostic Demand
Cancer Waits
More Survivors
More Follow up

3. Early Diagnosis
International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership 1 year relative survival 2011

4. Early Diagnosis

5. Early Diagnosis

6. South West Growth in Referrals

7. South West Conversion & Detection Rates

8. Diagnostics

9. Diagnostics
The (significantly) longer waits in the middle stage can be attributed to a variety of local diagnostic pathway issues.
Repeating the analysis by tumour group shows the change in the middle phase is concentrated on three tumour types in particular.
 Tumour Group
Increase in (weighted mean) wait Q1 2013/14 - Q1 2014/15 (Days)*
Referral to first appointment (14 day stage )
First appointment to decision to treat ( middle stage)
Decision to treat to treatment (31 day stage)
Tumour groups passing 62-day standard
Breast +1
+0.5
Skin
Tumour groups failing 62- day standard
Lower GI +3
Lung +2
Urological
+2.5
01/01/2019

10. Cancer Waits - Diagnostic Delay
Treated in 62 days
Not Treated in 62 days

11. Cancer Waits National Headlines
01/01/2019

12. Survivorship

13. South West Cancer Network Priorities
Early Diagnosis
Diagnostics
Be Clear on Cancer
Support for GPs
Access to diagnostics for GPs
Diagnostic Capacity for Cancer Waits
Cancer Waits
Survivorship
Redesigning Pathways to Support Early Diagnosis and Cancer Waits
Improving Inter Trust Referrals
Care Plans and Treatment Summaries
Health & Wellbeing Clinics
Stratified Follow Up
Primary Care Cancer Care Reviews