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<p>Multi-disciplinary teams use patient tracking lists to ensure patients receive
timely treatment and NHS England and NHS Improvement use a variety of data sources
to calculate the number of patients waiting longer than a certain period for treatments,
as well as informing action to reduce these numbers. This data includes published
cancer waiting times data on activity, referrals and waiting times, as well as management
information which can give a week to week view of activity and the current scale of
the waiting list. Any decision to reschedule cancer surgery will be a last resort
and patients will be given the dates for their new treatment at the earliest opportunity.</p><p>
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