| 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 3: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During October-December 2007 with Head and Neck 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 | 105 | 92 | 87.6% | 0 | 96 | 47 | 68 |
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| NOSCAN | 27 | 23 | 85.2% | 12 | 90 | 47 | 69 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 11 | 9 | 81.8% | 12 | 90 | 41 | 86 |
| Highland | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 22 | 59 | 47 | n/a |
| Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 13 | 11 | 84.6% | 25 | 69 | 49 | 68 |
| Western Isles | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 28 | 27 | 96.4% | 0 | 96 | 47 | 61 |
| Borders | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 39 | 49 | n/a | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| Fife | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 38 | 52 | 43 | n/a |
| Lothian | 22 | 21 | 95.5% | 24 | 96 | 50 | 61 |
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| WOSCAN | 50 | 42 | 84.0% | 2 | 92 | 47 | 74 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 31 | 59 | 49 | n/a |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 7 | 5 | 71.4% | 16 | 83 | 56 | n/a |
| Forth Valley | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 22 | 85 | 48 | n/a |
| Lanarkshire | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | 14 | 62 | 41 | 62 |
| Greater Glasgow | 22 | 17 | 77.3% | 2 | 92 | 44 | 73 |
# 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.