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<p>No specific assessment has been made of the adequacy of diagnosis and treatment
services for bowel cancer at Stepping Hill Hospital. However, data held at the provider
level can give us insight into lower gastrointestinal (GI) cancer for Stockport NHS
Foundation Trust. Of those patients referred to Stockport NHS Foundation Trust for
suspected lower GI cancer in February 2024, 86.1% received a diagnosis or ruling out
of cancer within 28 days. This is above the 75.0% standard, and shows an increase
of 4.2% since January. Furthermore, of those patients referred to Stockport NHS Foundation
Trust for lower GI cancer in February 2024, 95.2% received a first or subsequent treatment
within 31 days of a decision to treat. This is above national performance of 91.1%,
against the standard of 96.0%. For lower GI cancer in the same period, 67.4% of patients
received treatment within 62 days of an urgent suspected cancer or screening referral,
or consultant upgrade, to a first definitive treatment for cancer. This is above national
performance of 63.9% against the standard of 85.0%.</p>
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