| Description | Statistics relating to the waiting times of urgently referred patients diagnosed with cancer during January-March 2008. Also 2007 cancer waiting times statisics for breast cancer, acute leukaemia and childhood cancers
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| ISBN | (Web Only) |
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| Website Publication Date | August 19, 2008 |
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Table 10: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During January-March 2008 for all Nine Tumour Sites
| Area of diagnosis | Number of eligible urgent referrals# | Number treated within 2 months (62 days) of 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 | 2,313 | 2,177 | 94.1% | 0 | 232 | 35 | 59 |
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| NOSCAN | 554 | 522 | 94.2% | 0 | 140 | 35 | 59 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 15 | 13 | 86.7% | 1 | 80 | 28 | 71 |
| Grampian | 205 | 189 | 92.2% | 0 | 140 | 35 | 60 |
| Highland | 111 | 108 | 97.3% | 1 | 84 | 39 | 60 |
| Orkney | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 31 | 54 | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | 8 | 7 | 87.5% | 18 | 70 | 50 | n/a |
| Tayside | 204 | 194 | 95.1% | 0 | 83 | 34 | 59 |
| Western Isles | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 1 | 59 | 33 | n/a |
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| SCAN | 669 | 636 | 95.1% | 0 | 232 | 34 | 59 |
| Borders | 50 | 47 | 94.0% | 0 | 76 | 31 | 59 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 68 | 64 | 94.1% | 0 | 105 | 35 | 61 |
| Fife | 206 | 195 | 94.7% | 0 | 128 | 33 | 58 |
| Lothian | 345 | 330 | 95.7% | 0 | 232 | 34 | 59 |
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| WOSCAN | 1,090 | 1,019 | 93.5% | 0 | 171 | 35 | 60 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 151 | 148 | 98.0% | 0 | 110 | 30 | 56 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 159 | 148 | 93.1% | 0 | 125 | 36 | 60 |
| Forth Valley | 138 | 131 | 94.9% | 0 | 124 | 38 | 60 |
| Lanarkshire | 214 | 202 | 94.4% | 0 | 122 | 30 | 59 |
| Greater Glasgow | 428 | 390 | 91.1% | 0 | 171 | 38 | 61 |
# 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.