Cancer diagnosis improvements in England: an interview with Lucy Elliss-Brookes

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The ‘two week wait’ referral was brought into England in 2000. If a patient goes to see their GP and they meet specific criteria that cause the GP to think they might have cancer, then they should be referred to see a specialist within two weeks.

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