| 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 6: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During October-December 2007 with Melanoma 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 | 106 | 96 | 90.6% | 0 | 143 | 23 | 64 |
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| NOSCAN | 34 | 29 | 85.3% | 0 | 105 | 33 | 89 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 14 | 12 | 85.7% | 0 | 93 | 39 | 84 |
| Highland | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 0 | 25 | 20 | n/a |
| Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 35 | 35 | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 11 | 9 | 81.8% | 4 | 97 | 17 | 94 |
| Western Isles | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 34 | 105 | 56 | n/a |
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| SCAN | 26 | 25 | 96.2% | 0 | 81 | 16 | 46 |
| Borders | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 16 | 42 | 23 | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 0 | 12 | 4 | n/a |
| Fife | 9 | 8 | 88.9% | 0 | 81 | 9 | n/a |
| Lothian | 11 | 11 | 100.0% | 5 | 55 | 19 | 51 |
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| WOSCAN | 46 | 42 | 91.3% | 0 | 143 | 21 | 64 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 7 | 33 | 14 | n/a |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 0 | 27 | 8 | 27 |
| Forth Valley | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 6 | 42 | 15 | n/a |
| Lanarkshire | 8 | 7 | 87.5% | 9 | 76 | 39 | n/a |
| Greater Glasgow | 16 | 13 | 81.3% | 8 | 143 | 42 | 110 |
# 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.