| 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 6: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During April-June 2008 with Melanoma 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 | 141 | 132 | 93.6% | 0 | 131 | 23 | 58 |
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| NOSCAN | 38 | 32 | 84.2% | 0 | 131 | 25 | 80 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 17 | 17 | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 16 | 12 | 75.0% | 0 | 131 | 25 | 102 |
| Highland | 8 | 7 | 87.5% | 0 | 85 | 23 | 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 | 12 | 11 | 91.7% | 5 | 71 | 32 | 68 |
| Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 13 | 13 | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 39 | 37 | 94.9% | 0 | 69 | 23 | 56 |
| Borders | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 13 | 14 | n/a | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 0 | 53 | 18 | n/a |
| Fife | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 11 | 69 | 22 | n/a |
| Lothian | 23 | 22 | 95.7% | 13 | 63 | 26 | 58 |
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| WOSCAN | 64 | 63 | 98.4% | 0 | 75 | 23 | 47 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 14 | 14 | 100.0% | 4 | 62 | 19 | 55 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 0 | 26 | 8 | n/a |
| Forth Valley | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 9 | 43 | 31 | n/a |
| Lanarkshire | 13 | 13 | 100.0% | 0 | 49 | 23 | 43 |
| Greater Glasgow | 23 | 22 | 95.7% | 0 | 75 | 30 | 54 |
# 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.