The information is not available in the format requested. However, data relating to the percentage of patients with suspected cancer seen within two weeks (from 2002-03) following urgent referral from a general practitioner, and the percentage of patients with suspected cancer receiving treatment within two months (from 2004-05), in the Birmingham area, has been placed in the Library.
The number of medical consultants working within the six main cancer specialities in the Birmingham area from 1997 to 2008 are shown in the following table:
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Trust Birmingham Women’s Healthcare NHS Trust Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 1997 20 45 12 6 0 — 1998 18 46 12 6 1 — 1999 22 44 14 7 3 — 2000 21 37 14 7 4 — 2001 24 50 16 6 3 — 2002 25 46 16 10 3 26 2003 26 48 17 11 6 26 2004 30 56 17 11 6 26 2005 31 66 17 10 5 28 2006 38 57 18 7 6 31 2007 48 66 19 11 5 34 2008 47 73 20 10 5 36 Notes: 1. The six main cancer specialties include clinical oncology, medical oncology, haematology, histopathology, palliative medicine and clinical radiology. 2. Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in 2002 from a part merger of Sandwell Healthcare NHS Trust and City Hospital NHS Trust. It is therefore not possible to accurately map this trust prior to 2002. Source: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care, medical and dental workforce census.