Royal College of Radiologists publishes latest audit of radiotherapy waitng times

The Royal College of Radiologists' (RCR) latest audit on radiotherapy waiting times shows a significant improvement on the results obtained two years ago. Now a third of patients receiving curative radiotherapy wait longer than the recommended maximum of four weeks; previously the figure was 50% of patients. The 2007 survey of radiotherapy waiting times in the United Kingdom is published yesterday, Monday 14 April 2008.

UK wide audits have previously been conducted by the College in 1998, 2003, and 2005; the latest results come from a survey conducted in September 2007. These results show sustained improvement on 2003 and 2005, and a return to the findings of 1998. In particular, the percentage of patients waiting more than 28 days for radical radiotherapy dropped from 53% in 2005 to 32% in 2007.


source: RCR Press Release