| 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 2: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During January-March 2008 with Colorectal Cancer
| 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 | 359 | 324 | 90.3% | 0 | 232 | 36 | 62 |
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| NOSCAN | 80 | 69 | 86.3% | 0 | 140 | 39 | 70 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 1 | 62 | 12 | n/a |
| Grampian | 24 | 19 | 79.2% | 0 | 140 | 37 | 105 |
| Highland | 16 | 14 | 87.5% | 1 | 80 | 47 | 68 |
| Orkney | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 31 | 54 | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 57 | 70 | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 29 | 26 | 89.7% | 1 | 83 | 35 | 63 |
| Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 1 | 26 | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 92 | 84 | 91.3% | 0 | 232 | 34 | 62 |
| Borders | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 0 | 76 | 51 | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 9 | 8 | 88.9% | 0 | 70 | 21 | n/a |
| Fife | 28 | 26 | 92.9% | 0 | 76 | 27 | 58 |
| Lothian | 49 | 45 | 91.8% | 0 | 232 | 36 | 62 |
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| WOSCAN | 187 | 171 | 91.4% | 0 | 124 | 38 | 62 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 27 | 26 | 96.3% | 0 | 110 | 42 | 60 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 25 | 22 | 88.0% | 0 | 120 | 27 | 80 |
| Forth Valley | 29 | 25 | 86.2% | 0 | 124 | 32 | 81 |
| Lanarkshire | 33 | 29 | 87.9% | 1 | 122 | 44 | 84 |
| Greater Glasgow | 73 | 69 | 94.5% | 1 | 104 | 37 | 60 |
# 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.