Table 1: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During January-March 2008 with Breast 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) |
| | | | | | | |
| Scotland | 418 | 409 | 97.8% | 2 | 96 | 36 | 55 |
| | | | | | | |
| NOSCAN | 90 | 85 | 94.4% | 16 | 81 | 46 | 61 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 31 | 28 | 90.3% | 16 | 81 | 48 | 63 |
| Highland | 19 | 19 | 100.0% | 24 | 61 | 46 | 60 |
| Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 18 | 58 | 50 | n/a |
| Tayside | 34 | 32 | 94.1% | 18 | 77 | 41 | 62 |
| Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 40 | 59 | n/a | n/a |
| | | | | | | |
| SCAN | 137 | 134 | 97.8% | 8 | 96 | 36 | 52 |
| Borders | 12 | 12 | 100.0% | 20 | 50 | 29 | 50 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 19 | 19 | 100.0% | 8 | 53 | 29 | 41 |
| Fife | 28 | 26 | 92.9% | 19 | 96 | 40 | 53 |
| Lothian | 78 | 77 | 98.7% | 16 | 84 | 40 | 55 |
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| WOSCAN | 191 | 190 | 99.5% | 2 | 78 | 35 | 51 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 29 | 29 | 100.0% | 2 | 59 | 24 | 40 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 27 | 26 | 96.3% | 15 | 78 | 35 | 49 |
| Forth Valley | 24 | 24 | 100.0% | 27 | 59 | 41 | 52 |
| Lanarkshire | 41 | 41 | 100.0% | 9 | 55 | 34 | 51 |
| Greater Glasgow | 70 | 70 | 100.0% | 14 | 59 | 37 | 57 |
# 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.