Cancer: Surrey
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of cancer diagnosis targets in (a) Surrey Heath constituency and (b) Surrey.
Answered by Ashley Dalton
The National Health Service’s operational planning guidance for 2025/26 outlines the priorities for tackling cancer across England, including in Surrey. The aim of this is to reduce wait times for elective care. For 2025/26, systems across the NHS are expected to aim for the success measure of 80% of patients with suspected cancer either receiving a diagnosis or having cancer ruled out within 28 days of an urgent referral.
The following table shows the diagnostic performance of the Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for August 2025:
Trust | Diagnostic performance |
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | 72.2% |
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 85.6% |
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