| 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 8: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During April-June 2008 with Upper GI 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 | 288 | 270 | 93.8% | 0 | 162 | 27 | 59 |
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| NOSCAN | 89 | 86 | 96.6% | 1 | 162 | 22 | 59 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 22 | 22 | n/a | n/a |
| Grampian | 44 | 43 | 97.7% | 1 | 162 | 24 | 61 |
| Highland | 16 | 16 | 100.0% | 8 | 49 | 16 | 41 |
| Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 36 | 55 | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 24 | 22 | 91.7% | 6 | 81 | 27 | 69 |
| Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 13 | 49 | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 70 | 63 | 90.0% | 1 | 95 | 35 | 71 |
| Borders | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 13 | 62 | 21 | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 11 | 9 | 81.8% | 8 | 94 | 20 | 92 |
| Fife | 24 | 21 | 87.5% | 3 | 95 | 22 | 82 |
| Lothian | 32 | 30 | 93.8% | 1 | 82 | 40 | 60 |
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| WOSCAN | 129 | 121 | 93.8% | 0 | 104 | 27 | 58 |
| Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 21 | 20 | 95.2% | 7 | 75 | 26 | 59 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 24 | 22 | 91.7% | 3 | 74 | 17 | 63 |
| Forth Valley | 12 | 11 | 91.7% | 0 | 104 | 22 | 90 |
| Lanarkshire | 20 | 19 | 95.0% | 4 | 63 | 27 | 52 |
| Greater Glasgow | 52 | 49 | 94.2% | 1 | 82 | 38 | 59 |
# 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.