| 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 1: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During April-June 2008 with Breast 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 | 452 | 444 | 98.2% | 1 | 84 | 38 | 56 |
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| NOSCAN | 100 | 96 | 96.0% | 16 | 77 | 46 | 59 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 32 | 29 | 90.6% | 17 | 77 | 51 | 69 |
| Highland | 22 | 22 | 100.0% | 32 | 61 | 49 | 60 |
| Orkney | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 27 | 27 | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 36 | 44 | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 40 | 39 | 97.5% | 16 | 76 | 37 | 56 |
| Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 33 | 59 | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 143 | 143 | 100.0% | 11 | 61 | 39 | 51 |
| Borders | 15 | 15 | 100.0% | 16 | 56 | 35 | 51 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 19 | 19 | 100.0% | 11 | 43 | 25 | 40 |
| Fife | 32 | 32 | 100.0% | 27 | 59 | 40 | 51 |
| Lothian | 77 | 77 | 100.0% | 19 | 61 | 42 | 54 |
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| WOSCAN | 209 | 205 | 98.1% | 1 | 84 | 34 | 57 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 38 | 38 | 100.0% | 12 | 62 | 30 | 51 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 36 | 33 | 91.7% | 17 | 84 | 39 | 63 |
| Forth Valley | 14 | 14 | 100.0% | 15 | 60 | 42 | 59 |
| Lanarkshire | 44 | 43 | 97.7% | 1 | 73 | 28 | 44 |
| Greater Glasgow | 77 | 77 | 100.0% | 12 | 62 | 38 | 57 |
# 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.