
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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