Former Cancer Chief Urges Burnham to Back 18-Week Dementia Diagnosis Target
England's former national cancer director has called for a referral-to-treatment waiting time target for dementia, according to a BBC Politics report.
A former national cancer director for England has urged that dementia diagnosis and treatment be subject to an 18-week referral-to-treatment target, according to a report by BBC Politics.
The call was directed at Andy Burnham, according to the report, though further details of the proposal, including the specific reasoning behind the recommended timeframe, were not provided in the source material.
An 18-week referral-to-treatment target is a standard used elsewhere in the National Health Service, typically applied to measure the maximum time a patient should wait between being referred for a condition and receiving treatment.
BBC Politics did not specify further comments from Burnham or other officials in response to the call at the time of reporting.
This report is based on limited information from the original source, and further details may emerge as the story develops.
Sources
- Andy Burnham urged to set dementia waiting-time target — BBC Politics
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