County health bosses have been ordered to come up with a plan to improve the speed of urgent cancer checks.
Shropshire bosses received the demand from NHS England.
All of the organisations concerned had diagnosed or ruled out less than 70 per cent of cases within the target. The demand for improvements comes from three of NHS England's top bosses – Sir David Sloman – chief operating officer, Dame Cally Palmer – national cancer director, and Vin Diwaker – medical director for secondary care, medical director for transformation.
"Improving waiting times for patients referred for urgent suspected cancer will be a critical priority for the NHS over the coming year."
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