Cancer treatments: information provided to patients in the United Kingdom 2019

Published by Conor Stewart, Sep 23, 2020

This statistic displays the share of information provided to patients undergoing radiotherapy or chemotherapy in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by the time of information provided. Of respondents undergoing chemotherapy, approximately 84 percent said they were provided with all the information they needed before treatment started.

Share of information provided to patients undergoing radiotherapy or chemotherapy in the United Kingdom 2019

Characteristic	Radiotherapy	Chemotherapy
Information provided before treatment	85.9%	83.9%
Information provided during treatment	51.5%	62.3%

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June 2020

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2019

Number of respondents

18,348 respondents

Method of interview

Omnibus survey

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