| Description | Statistics relating to the waiting times of urgently referred patients diagnosed with cancer during April-June 2008. |
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| ISBN | (Web Only) |
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| Official Print Publication Date | |
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| Website Publication Date | November 18, 2008 |
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Table 2: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During April-June 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 | 355 | 322 | 90.7% | 0 | 131 | 36 | 62 |
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| NOSCAN | 89 | 76 | 85.4% | 0 | 99 | 43 | 77 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 1 | 6 | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 28 | 19 | 67.9% | 1 | 96 | 50 | 90 |
| Highland | 24 | 22 | 91.7% | 0 | 99 | 45 | 72 |
| Orkney | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 48 | 48 | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 10 | 10 | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 29 | 27 | 93.1% | 0 | 81 | 43 | 62 |
| Western Isles | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 17 | 60 | 38 | n/a |
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| SCAN | 107 | 105 | 98.1% | 0 | 69 | 33 | 59 |
| Borders | 11 | 11 | 100.0% | 12 | 56 | 44 | 56 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 18 | 18 | 100.0% | 1 | 62 | 35 | 61 |
| Fife | 18 | 18 | 100.0% | 2 | 49 | 22 | 43 |
| Lothian | 60 | 58 | 96.7% | 0 | 69 | 30 | 61 |
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| WOSCAN | 159 | 141 | 88.7% | 0 | 131 | 37 | 66 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 31 | 29 | 93.5% | 0 | 92 | 45 | 62 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 22 | 19 | 86.4% | 9 | 83 | 38 | 66 |
| Forth Valley | 28 | 26 | 92.9% | 0 | 76 | 41 | 62 |
| Lanarkshire | 24 | 20 | 83.3% | 0 | 119 | 40 | 107 |
| Greater Glasgow | 54 | 47 | 87.0% | 0 | 131 | 33 | 78 |
# 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.