Half of GPs don't refer cancerpatients urgently, first leaguetables show

Family doctors accused of failing cancer
sufferers after first ever GP league
tables found more than half not referring
such patients to specialists quickly
enough Family doctors have been accused of
failing cancer sufferers after the first
ever GP league tables found more than
half are not referring such patients to
specialists quickly enough. Charities said the findings exposed were
“intolerable” while Jeremy Hunt
called for tough action to tackle an
“unacceptable” postcode lottery in
the care being given to patients with life-
threatening illnesses.