The Government is on track to fail in its pledge to treat urgent cancer referrals within two months in England, Cancer Research UK has warned.
Experts from the charity say it could take until 2032 to reach the target unless care improves.
In February, NHS England promised that, by March 2029, 85 per cent of patients with suspected cancer would be treated within 62 days – a target that hasn’t been met since December 2015.
The pledge formed a fundamental feature of the Government’s National Cancer Plan – which set an ultimate target of three in four people diagnosed with cancer surviving for
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