| 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 9: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During April-June 2008 with Urology 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 | 368 | 344 | 93.5% | 0 | 194 | 36 | 61 |
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| NOSCAN | 92 | 87 | 94.6% | 0 | 98 | 36 | 60 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 56 | 56 | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 42 | 37 | 88.1% | 2 | 98 | 35 | 72 |
| Highland | 16 | 16 | 100.0% | 8 | 62 | 44 | 60 |
| Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | 0 | 56 | 32 | 50 |
| Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 27 | 38 | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 87 | 81 | 93.1% | 1 | 107 | 32 | 60 |
| Borders | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 25 | 45 | 29 | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 12 | 12 | 100.0% | 1 | 50 | 27 | 47 |
| Fife | 27 | 22 | 81.5% | 4 | 107 | 52 | 78 |
| Lothian | 45 | 44 | 97.8% | 1 | 96 | 30 | 51 |
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| WOSCAN | 189 | 176 | 93.1% | 4 | 194 | 36 | 61 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 26 | 26 | 100.0% | 4 | 62 | 40 | 58 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 28 | 26 | 92.9% | 11 | 77 | 33 | 63 |
| Forth Valley | 26 | 26 | 100.0% | 5 | 57 | 34 | 54 |
| Lanarkshire | 35 | 33 | 94.3% | 10 | 194 | 36 | 59 |
| Greater Glasgow | 74 | 65 | 87.8% | 5 | 160 | 39 | 73 |
# 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.