Claim: The delays in cancer care waiting times are the longest since targets were first introduced.
Fact-check: Cancer care waiting times - Full Fact
Verdict: there are a number of cancer care waiting times. targets for the proportion of patients being treated within 62 days of being urgently referred by a gp are being missed. in january 2017 the proportion meeting the target was the lowest since targets were set in 2009. the rest of the targets were all hit.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2017-03-10T00:00:00