# Urgent suspected-cancer referrals seen

> How many urgent suspected-cancer referrals London trusts saw each month.

- Category: NHS
- Cadence: monthly
- Status: Published on a monthly cadence.
- Dataset key: `nhs-urgent-cancer-referrals`
- Source: [NHS England](https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/)
- Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 — [terms](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)
- Canonical page: [https://londongraph.com/g/nhs-urgent-cancer-referrals](https://londongraph.com/g/nhs-urgent-cancer-referrals)
- Machine-readable record: [https://londongraph.com/data/nhs-urgent-cancer-referrals](https://londongraph.com/data/nhs-urgent-cancer-referrals)

## Methodology

All-cancer urgent suspected-cancer referrals seen in the provider time-series workbook, summed for active London trusts identified through NHS ODS. This is activity, not the number of confirmed cancers, and it follows provider location rather than patient residence.

## Visualisations

- [Trend](https://londongraph.com/g/nhs-urgent-cancer-referrals): How many urgent suspected-cancer referrals London trusts saw each month.
- [Change](https://londongraph.com/g/nhs-urgent-cancer-referrals?view=change): Show the change from each preceding published period.

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