Cancer: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients aged (a) under and (b) over 75 years were diagnosed with (i) cancer and (ii) heart disease in each London primary care trust in each of the last five years; what proportion of those patients commenced treatment within (A) three, (B) six and (C) 12 months; and what proportion of those patients commenced treatment more than 12 months after diagnosis. (323825)

The data requested for the number diagnosed with cancer are displayed in the following tables. Data on the number of patients diagnosed with heart disease are not collected centrally. Data on the date within which treatment commenced are not collected in the format requested.

*Table 1: Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of cancer, persons aged 74 years and under, primary care organisations in London*¹*, 2003*-07²
Number
Primary care organisation	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Barking and Dagenham	389	351	409	394	395
Barnet	728	767	731	781	752
Bexley	592	645	604	676	622
Brent Teaching	597	565	637	585	593
Bromley	838	800	826	906	835
Camden	487	478	443	444	488
City and Hackney Teaching	461	418	490	507	427
Croydon	841	830	917	920	885
Ealing	704	627	737	662	705
Enfield	654	650	690	680	637
Greenwich Teaching	582	541	571	493	516
Hammersmith and Fulham	412	365	365	390	377
Haringey Teaching	491	520	477	494	498
Harrow	534	515	552	439	448
Havering	702	720	643	647	710
Hillingdon	566	642	623	614	634
Hounslow	474	451	500	530	568
Islington	430	404	444	417	446
Kensington and Chelsea	384	354	417	340	361
Kingston	371	359	396	373	443
Lambeth	615	592	623	651	619
Lewisham	507	635	584	566	610
Newham	423	462	457	449	504
Redbridge	568	522	472	537	562
Richmond and Twickenham	484	432	446	482	500
Southwark	551	567	559	608	574
Sutton and Merton	985	916	908	874	919
Tower Hamlets	412	357	379	404	348
Waltham Forest	445	409	466	477	400
Wandsworth	613	634	647	656	661
Westminster	559	468	511	487	446

*Table 2: Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of cancer, persons aged 75 years and over, primary care organisations in London*¹*, 2003*-07²
Number
Primary care organisation	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Barking and Dagenham	297	275	250	278	238
Barnet	541	479	458	423	465
Bexley	368	372	392	358	364
Brent Teaching	276	264	305	254	225
Bromley	551	506	495	567	540
Camden	221	239	229	209	257
City and Hackney Teaching	216	187	213	193	195
Croydon	417	467	438	448	444
Ealing	379	330	329	311	332
Enfield	374	374	370	362	325
Greenwich Teaching	348	323	324	305	296
Hammersmith and Fulham	172	166	190	168	171
Haringey Teaching	195	192	189	186	202
Harrow	295	273	315	296	270
Havering	480	439	445	449	479
Hillingdon	283	359	348	359	382
Hounslow	272	232	249	252	257
Islington	191	174	179	191	191
Kensington and Chelsea	170	179	197	172	176
Kingston	234	235	212	214	233
Lambeth	251	267	261	240	269
Lewisham	308	270	278	286	288
Newham	204	223	257	238	215
Redbridge	364	319	337	353	325
Richmond and Twickenham	288	278	277	295	258
Southwark	266	268	271	249	270
Sutton and Merton	555	565	498	533	546
Tower Hamlets	200	181	203	210	198
Waltham Forest	294	248	242	263	205
Wandsworth	324	313	289	317	299
Westminster	229	231	218	207	205
¹ Based on boundaries as of 2010.² Newly diagnosed cases registered in each calendar year.

Volume 508: debated on Monday 29 March 2010