| 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 4: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During April-June 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) |
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| Scotland | 529 | 493 | 93.2% | 0 | 166 | 34 | 61 |
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| NOSCAN | 110 | 106 | 96.4% | 0 | 166 | 30 | 56 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | 1 | 55 | 34 | 54 |
| Highland | 25 | 24 | 96.0% | 0 | 166 | 28 | 57 |
| Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 7 | 7 | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 51 | 48 | 94.1% | 7 | 78 | 30 | 59 |
| Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 20 | 35 | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 165 | 153 | 92.7% | 0 | 92 | 36 | 62 |
| Borders | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 21 | 62 | 44 | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 13 | 11 | 84.6% | 7 | 84 | 40 | 80 |
| Fife | 46 | 43 | 93.5% | 0 | 89 | 22 | 61 |
| Lothian | 98 | 91 | 92.9% | 1 | 92 | 38 | 62 |
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| WOSCAN | 254 | 234 | 92.1% | 0 | 99 | 36 | 62 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 35 | 33 | 94.3% | 7 | 68 | 34 | 61 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 39 | 37 | 94.9% | 4 | 78 | 31 | 55 |
| Forth Valley | 29 | 28 | 96.6% | 0 | 70 | 30 | 59 |
| Lanarkshire | 55 | 52 | 94.5% | 0 | 98 | 40 | 61 |
| Greater Glasgow | 96 | 84 | 87.5% | 9 | 99 | 41 | 64 |
# 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.