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Saturday 06 December 2025
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_8825

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8825

Date Request Received: 06/08/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 19/08/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Harm reviews of lung cancer patients facing lengthy waits for treatment

Request Category: Companies

 
Question Number 1:
Under the Freedom of Information Act I am requesting the following information from the trust:

The number of harm reviews carried out on lung cancer patients who faced lengthy waits for treatment between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2024 (please do not include incomplete reviews)

 
Answer To Question 1:
>5 patients treated >104 days from referral for USC or date of consultant upgrade.
 
Question Number 2:
The number of cases where harm was found in lung cancer patients and the level of harm in each: e.g, low harm, medium harm, severe harm
 
Answer To Question 2:
0
 
Question Number 3:
In lung cancer cases where there was severe harm, please provide a short but specific description of what the harm was: e.g. stage migration, patient moved straight to palliative care etc;

 
Answer To Question 3:
0
 
Question Number 4:
After how many days does the trust initiate harm reviews of lung cancer patients that have faced lengthy waits for treatments? (please state a number and do not include links to policies)
 
Answer To Question 4:
For clarity a 'harm review' is a review of a patient who receives treatment after 104 days.
 
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