| 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 5: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During October-December 2007 with Lymphoma 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 | 96 | 87 | 90.6% | 0 | 141 | 39 | 64 |
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| NOSCAN | 17 | 16 | 94.1% | 0 | 108 | 40 | 70 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 0 | 108 | 11 | n/a |
| Highland | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 40 | 61 | 41 | 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 | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 12 | 55 | 36 | n/a |
| Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 21 | 52 | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 33 | 32 | 97.0% | 1 | 81 | 33 | 57 |
| Borders | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 1 | 42 | 30 | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 17 | 60 | 32 | n/a |
| Fife | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 12 | 48 | 30 | n/a |
| Lothian | 16 | 15 | 93.8% | 3 | 81 | 36 | 65 |
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| WOSCAN | 46 | 39 | 84.8% | 0 | 141 | 42 | 69 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 8 | 55 | 39 | n/a |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | 0 | 57 | 43 | 57 |
| Forth Valley | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 35 | 70 | 62 | n/a |
| Lanarkshire | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | 15 | 141 | 44 | 136 |
| Greater Glasgow | 17 | 13 | 76.5% | 16 | 76 | 42 | 70 |
# 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.