| 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 8: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During October-December 2007 with Upper GI Cancers
| 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 | 256 | 234 | 91.4% | 0 | 139 | 34 | 61 |
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| NOSCAN | 93 | 89 | 95.7% | 0 | 139 | 29 | 59 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 45 | 43 | 95.6% | 0 | 139 | 29 | 57 |
| Highland | 19 | 18 | 94.7% | 2 | 87 | 46 | 61 |
| Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 24 | 23 | 95.8% | 1 | 70 | 27 | 62 |
| Western Isles | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 8 | 52 | 41 | n/a |
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| SCAN | 59 | 53 | 89.8% | 5 | 103 | 39 | 66 |
| Borders | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 42 | 42 | n/a | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 34 | 62 | 46 | n/a |
| Fife | 27 | 23 | 85.2% | 5 | 103 | 36 | 68 |
| Lothian | 25 | 23 | 92.0% | 6 | 97 | 42 | 71 |
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| WOSCAN | 104 | 92 | 88.5% | 2 | 127 | 31 | 68 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 24 | 22 | 91.7% | 4 | 70 | 30 | 63 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 5 | 81 | 33 | n/a |
| Forth Valley | 16 | 15 | 93.8% | 6 | 56 | 22 | 54 |
| Lanarkshire | 20 | 17 | 85.0% | 2 | 97 | 34 | 87 |
| Greater Glasgow | 38 | 33 | 86.8% | 3 | 127 | 34 | 79 |
# 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.