Cancer: Harpenden and Berkhamsted
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the NHS target of treating 85% of cancer patients within 62 days is being met in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
Answered by Mrs Sharon Hodgson
The Department does not collect this data. The data collected by NHS England is not collected at a constituency level. Data on what proportion of cancer patients in the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board received a first treatment within the 62-day cancer waiting time standard can be found on the NHS England website at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/
In March 2026, the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board performed at 75.4% on the 62-day cancer waiting time standard. This exceeds the Operational Planning Guidance for NHS systems to perform at 75% by March 2026. We have committed in the recently published National Cancer Plan to improve performance against the 62-day standard by the end of this Parliament.
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