| 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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| Website Publication Date | May 20, 2008 |
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Table 4: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During October-December 2007 with Lung 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 | 489 | 458 | 93.7% | 0 | 113 | 33 | 59 |
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| NOSCAN | 109 | 105 | 96.3% | 0 | 107 | 34 | 57 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 30 | 33 | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 32 | 31 | 96.9% | 7 | 83 | 32 | 57 |
| Highland | 27 | 27 | 100.0% | 2 | 62 | 28 | 54 |
| Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 47 | 44 | 93.6% | 0 | 107 | 38 | 62 |
| Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 48 | 48 | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 161 | 151 | 93.8% | 1 | 97 | 29 | 60 |
| Borders | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | 15 | 72 | 28 | 71 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 20 | 19 | 95.0% | 10 | 74 | 29 | 51 |
| Fife | 52 | 48 | 92.3% | 1 | 86 | 27 | 60 |
| Lothian | 79 | 75 | 94.9% | 1 | 97 | 37 | 61 |
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| WOSCAN | 219 | 202 | 92.2% | 0 | 113 | 34 | 59 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 35 | 35 | 100.0% | 8 | 62 | 39 | 56 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 46 | 46 | 100.0% | 2 | 61 | 24 | 55 |
| Forth Valley | 15 | 14 | 93.3% | 0 | 65 | 28 | 61 |
| Lanarkshire | 30 | 28 | 93.3% | 6 | 71 | 35 | 58 |
| Greater Glasgow | 93 | 79 | 84.9% | 8 | 113 | 37 | 67 |
# 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.