| Description | Statistics relating to the waiting times of urgently referred patients diagnosed with cancer during October-December 2007 |
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| ISBN | (Web Only) |
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| Official Print Publication Date | |
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| Website Publication Date | May 20, 2008 |
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Table 1: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During October-December 2007 with Breast Cancer
| Area of diagnosis | Number of eligible urgent referrals# | Number treated within 2 months (62 days) of urgent referral | Proportion treated within 62 days of urgent referral | Minimum wait (Days) | Maximum wait (Days) | Median wait* (Days) | 90th Percentile** (Days) |
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| Scotland | 455 | 446 | 98.0% | 3 | 81 | 34 | 55 |
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| NOSCAN | 117 | 115 | 98.3% | 10 | 74 | 42 | 58 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 39 | 39 | 100.0% | 15 | 59 | 40 | 57 |
| Highland | 23 | 22 | 95.7% | 24 | 70 | 49 | 62 |
| Orkney | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 48 | 48 | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 50 | 55 | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 50 | 49 | 98.0% | 10 | 74 | 40 | 58 |
| Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 46 | 55 | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 128 | 125 | 97.7% | 8 | 74 | 33 | 52 |
| Borders | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 8 | 39 | 25 | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 20 | 20 | 100.0% | 9 | 49 | 26 | 36 |
| Fife | 26 | 25 | 96.2% | 19 | 72 | 36 | 56 |
| Lothian | 75 | 73 | 97.3% | 12 | 74 | 34 | 54 |
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| WOSCAN | 210 | 206 | 98.1% | 3 | 81 | 30 | 55 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 36 | 35 | 97.2% | 7 | 76 | 26 | 52 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 31 | 30 | 96.8% | 11 | 81 | 34 | 62 |
| Forth Valley | 20 | 19 | 95.0% | 16 | 76 | 45 | 62 |
| Lanarkshire | 47 | 47 | 100.0% | 11 | 55 | 25 | 46 |
| Greater Glasgow | 76 | 75 | 98.7% | 3 | 69 | 31 | 53 |
# Excludes patients; who died prior to receiving treatment, who refused treatment, with a patient induced non-clinical delay, who had co-morbidities, for clinical reasons and initially referred to an other non-cancer specialty.
* Medians have only been calculated where there are three or more patients with recorded referral and treatment dates.
** 90th percentiles have only been calculated where there are ten or more patients with recorded referral and treatment dates.
'-' Zero value
n/a: Not applicable due to small numbers.
Cancer waiting times statistics are subject to a programme of quality improvement focusing on consistency and coverage.
These improvements need to be taken in to account when making comparisons on quarter on quarter performance.