UK PM Prime Minister's Press conference ISRIA

11.11.09

The publication of the NHS Constitution was part of this shift. It brought together in one place the principles and values of the service, as well as the rights and responsibilities we expect of patients, the public and staff. Today, I want to take this further by proposing new rights and guarantees for patients. Waiting times are now the shortest they have ever been. To lock in this process, we want to give patients a legal guarantee of a maximum wait. I am proposing that from April 1st 2010, patients will have the legal right to start their treatment with their consultant within 18 weeks of GP referral, and to be seen by a cancer specialist within two weeks of GP referral. If the NHS cannot deliver on time, it will have to take steps to find a range of alternative providers that can. With this new power behind them, patients can be certain that they will receive the same high standards of care, regardless of who they are or where they live. Under this government, there will be

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