Cancer Waiting Times January-March 2008

Table 4: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During January-March 2008 with Lung 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	556	528	95.0%	0	141	31	58

NOSCAN	134	131	97.8%	0	71	27	51
Argyll & Clyde (Highland)	2	2	100.0%	8	47	n/a	n/a
Grampian	55	54	98.2%	0	70	26	49
Highland	27	27	100.0%	1	56	26	47
Orkney	-	-	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Shetland	1	1	100.0%	31	31	n/a	n/a
Tayside	49	47	95.9%	5	71	29	54
Western Isles	-	-	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

SCAN	171	165	96.5%	0	105	31	58
Borders	11	11	100.0%	1	54	29	52
Dumfries & Galloway	11	10	90.9%	10	105	40	94
Fife	59	57	96.6%	2	68	34	58
Lothian	90	87	96.7%	0	84	28	59

WOSCAN	251	232	92.4%	0	141	34	61
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow)	37	37	100.0%	7	61	35	55
Ayrshire & Arran	23	23	100.0%	0	59	28	57
Forth Valley	24	23	95.8%	2	63	32	62
Lanarkshire	48	46	95.8%	0	76	28	59
Greater Glasgow	119	103	86.6%	2	141	38	75

# 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.

Page updated: Wednesday, August 13, 2008

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