Abstract
The UK has a higher mortality for colon cancer than the European average. The UK Government introduced a 2-week referral target for patients with colorectal symptoms meeting certain criteria and 62-day target for the delivery of treatment from the date of referral for those patients diagnosed with cancer. Hospitals are expected to meet 100% and 95% of these targets, respectively; therefore, an efficient and effective patient pathway is required to deliver diagnosis and treatment within this period. It is suggested that 'straight-to-test' will help this process and we have examined our implementation of 'straight-to-colonoscopy' as a method of achieving this aim.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 114-9 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England |
Volume | 93 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |