AQW 5503/22-27

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 05/02/2024
Answered On Date: 21/02/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health how many people were seen for an urgent cancer check during 2023.

Answer:

Information on the number of people seen for an urgent cancer check during 2023 is not collected centrally in the Department. This information has been sourced from each of the five Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts and is presented in table 1 below. This is the number of people seen in their first consultant-led outpatient appointment after being referred with a suspect cancer. Not all of these patients will have a confirmed cancer diagnosis following the appointment.

Table 1: The number of people seen for an urgent cancer check in each HSC Trust during 2023

HSC Trust	Number Seen
Belfast	15,946
Northern	18,872
South Eastern	19,087
Southern	12,551
Western	13,537
Total	79,993

Source: HSC Trusts