NHSE steps up intervention over cancer delays

Two additional trusts have been placed in NHS England’s highest level of oversight for their performance on cancer and diagnostics.

West Suffolk Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Leicester (UHL) Foundation Trust have been moved into tier one of NHSE’s tiering frameworks on cancer and diagnostics.

The national body’s quarter four update, seen by HSJ, also shows:

• A total of 17 trusts, some of the country’s biggest providers among them, are now in tier one for their performance on either cancer, diagnostics or electives.
• Five trusts are in tier one for all three: Mid and South Essex; Norwich and Norfolk; Shrewsbury and Telford; Sheffield Teaching Hospitals; and University Hospitals Sussex.
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, a major cancer centre, has been moved to tier two for its cancer performance. It was previously in tier one for cancer and electives.

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Source: HSJ, 20 February 2025