Interested in the effectiveness of the 2-Week Wait (2WW) referral system, we undertook an audit while doing our ear, nose, and throat (ENT) ST2 rotations for our general practice specialist training.
We were surprised by some of our findings. Of the 177 patients referred using the GP 2WW pathway during a 7-month period, 100% were meeting targets to be seen within 2 weeks, but only 6% (13/177) of these referrals were consequently diagnosed with head and neck cancer. …