The following table provides the most recent statistics for England, and the previous years requested, showing the number of breast cancers diagnosed by cytology and/or histology following breast screening in England:
Cancers diagnosed by cytology and/or histology following breast screening 2003-04 11,277 2004-05 11,966 2005-06 13,524 2006-07 13,443 2007-08 14,110
Information is not centrally held on the number of cancers diagnosed following an appointment at an NHS breast screening service on a primary care trust or network basis.
However, these statistics are available on a breast screening unit basis; a copy of these statistics has been placed in the Library.
The NHS Cancer Plan (2000) introduced commitments for waiting times for cancer treatment between referral and first treatment and diagnosis and first treatment, for breast cancer. The statistics used to monitor these commitments indicate the number of patients who were urgently referred for suspected cancer by their general practitioner (GP), and those who entered secondary care from another referral source or with a different priority. Only patients who receive first definitive treatment within English NHS providers are included within these statistics.
For the years 2004-05 to 2008-09 the following table indicates the proportion of patients who received first definitive treatment for breast cancer following an urgent referral for suspected cancer from their GP.
Treated following two week wait Treated following other referral (including NHS screening programmes) Total treated Percentage following two week wait 2004-05 14,575 16,244 30,819 47.3 2005-06 16,635 18,728 35,363 47.0 2006-07 17,610 18,298 35,908 49.0 2007-08 17,602 18,648 36,250 48.6 2008-09 18,045 17,998 36,043 50.1 Source: Department of Health, Cancer Waiting Times Database
The quarterly statistics for this area do not identify individual primary care trusts due to small cell counts. However a table showing equivalent data by NHS provider, with accompanying details of data sources, definitions and calculations, has been placed in the Library.
The requested information is not centrally held.
Information is collected annually from national health service providers showing the average daily number of available and occupied beds. However, this is not broken down by specialty. The latest data are for 2008-09 and are published on the Department's website at:
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Statistics/Performancedataandstatistics/index.htm
The requested information is not held centrally.