| 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 10: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During April-June 2008 for all Nine Tumour Sites
| 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 | 2,446 | 2,288 | 93.5% | 0 | 194 | 35 | 60 |
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| NOSCAN | 593 | 555 | 93.6% | 0 | 166 | 35 | 60 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 1 | 56 | 17 | n/a |
| Grampian | 227 | 204 | 89.9% | 0 | 162 | 36 | 64 |
| Highland | 124 | 119 | 96.0% | 0 | 166 | 39 | 60 |
| Orkney | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 27 | 48 | 27 | n/a |
| Shetland | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 7 | 55 | 36 | n/a |
| Tayside | 215 | 205 | 95.3% | 0 | 81 | 34 | 58 |
| Western Isles | 13 | 13 | 100.0% | 13 | 60 | 35 | 60 |
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| SCAN | 700 | 662 | 94.6% | 0 | 136 | 36 | 60 |
| Borders | 47 | 47 | 100.0% | 12 | 62 | 37 | 55 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 88 | 83 | 94.3% | 0 | 94 | 30 | 59 |
| Fife | 180 | 165 | 91.7% | 0 | 107 | 36 | 62 |
| Lothian | 385 | 367 | 95.3% | 0 | 136 | 38 | 59 |
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| WOSCAN | 1,153 | 1,071 | 92.9% | 0 | 194 | 35 | 61 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 179 | 173 | 96.6% | 0 | 92 | 34 | 59 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 184 | 168 | 91.3% | 0 | 87 | 33 | 62 |
| Forth Valley | 132 | 126 | 95.5% | 0 | 104 | 34 | 58 |
| Lanarkshire | 221 | 207 | 93.7% | 0 | 194 | 33 | 60 |
| Greater Glasgow | 437 | 397 | 90.8% | 0 | 160 | 38 | 62 |
# 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.