| 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 5: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During April-June 2008 with Lymphoma 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 | 120 | 109 | 90.8% | 0 | 119 | 35 | 60 |
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| NOSCAN | 24 | 22 | 91.7% | 0 | 99 | 30 | 60 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 13 | 12 | 92.3% | 9 | 99 | 45 | 83 |
| Highland | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 0 | 34 | 13 | n/a |
| Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 14 | 59 | 29 | n/a |
| Western Isles | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 31 | 30 | 96.8% | 4 | 71 | 35 | 60 |
| Borders | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 48 | 55 | n/a | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 8 | 26 | n/a | n/a |
| Fife | 12 | 12 | 100.0% | 4 | 60 | 40 | 59 |
| Lothian | 15 | 14 | 93.3% | 16 | 71 | 35 | 64 |
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| WOSCAN | 65 | 57 | 87.7% | 0 | 119 | 35 | 72 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 1 | 74 | 29 | n/a |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 12 | 12 | 100.0% | 14 | 50 | 38 | 50 |
| Forth Valley | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 25 | 69 | 34 | n/a |
| Lanarkshire | 15 | 13 | 86.7% | 6 | 98 | 49 | 82 |
| Greater Glasgow | 26 | 22 | 84.6% | 0 | 119 | 30 | 94 |
# 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.