| Description | Statistics relating to the waiting times of urgently referred patients diagnosed with cancer during July-September 2008.
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| ISBN | (Web Only) |
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| Website Publication Date | February 17, 2009 |
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Table 9: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During July-September 2008 with Urology 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) |
| Scotland | 377 | 362 | 96.0% | 0 | 133 | 38 | 58 |
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| NOSCAN | 97 | 92 | 94.8% | 3 | 99 | 40 | 58 |
| Grampian | 40 | 38 | 95.0% | 3 | 99 | 43 | 59 |
| Highland | 14 | 14 | 100.0% | 6 | 56 | 34 | 53 |
| Orkney | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 27 | 98 | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 36 | 34 | 94.4% | 4 | 59 | 37 | 53 |
| Western Isles | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 15 | 62 | 50 | n/a |
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| SCAN | 91 | 88 | 96.7% | 3 | 133 | 39 | 60 |
| Borders | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 13 | 48 | 34 | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 17 | 50 | 37 | n/a |
| Fife | 29 | 26 | 89.7% | 4 | 133 | 41 | 69 |
| Lothian | 47 | 47 | 100.0% | 3 | 60 | 37 | 56 |
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| WOSCAN | 189 | 182 | 96.3% | 0 | 97 | 38 | 58 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 32 | 32 | 100.0% | 1 | 61 | 25 | 55 |
| Forth Valley | 40 | 37 | 92.5% | 6 | 96 | 42 | 59 |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 80 | 77 | 96.3% | 0 | 97 | 32 | 57 |
| Lanarkshire | 37 | 36 | 97.3% | 3 | 92 | 45 | 60 |
# 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.