| 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 10: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During October-December 2007 for all Nine Tumour Sites
| 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 | 2,196 | 2,056 | 93.6% | 0 | 216 | 35 | 60 |
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| NOSCAN | 584 | 556 | 95.2% | 0 | 216 | 36 | 59 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 13 | 44 | 32 | n/a |
| Grampian | 215 | 205 | 95.3% | 0 | 139 | 35 | 59 |
| Highland | 122 | 120 | 98.4% | 0 | 87 | 41 | 58 |
| Orkney | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 48 | 66 | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 35 | 55 | 50 | n/a |
| Tayside | 220 | 206 | 93.6% | 0 | 216 | 36 | 59 |
| Western Isles | 16 | 15 | 93.8% | 8 | 105 | 47 | 71 |
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| SCAN | 611 | 575 | 94.1% | 0 | 169 | 35 | 59 |
| Borders | 47 | 44 | 93.6% | 1 | 72 | 34 | 60 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 86 | 83 | 96.5% | 0 | 94 | 29 | 49 |
| Fife | 167 | 154 | 92.2% | 0 | 103 | 35 | 60 |
| Lothian | 311 | 294 | 94.5% | 0 | 169 | 37 | 60 |
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| WOSCAN | 1,001 | 925 | 92.4% | 0 | 143 | 34 | 61 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 166 | 159 | 95.8% | 1 | 109 | 30 | 58 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 167 | 159 | 95.2% | 0 | 89 | 33 | 59 |
| Forth Valley | 108 | 102 | 94.4% | 0 | 85 | 33 | 62 |
| Lanarkshire | 186 | 172 | 92.5% | 2 | 141 | 34 | 61 |
| Greater Glasgow | 374 | 333 | 89.0% | 0 | 143 | 37 | 64 |
# 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.