| 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 2: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During July-September 2008 with Colorectal 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 | 337 | 317 | 94.1% | 0 | 113 | 37 | 61 |
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| NOSCAN | 88 | 81 | 92.0% | 0 | 111 | 33 | 62 |
| Grampian | 33 | 29 | 87.9% | 0 | 111 | 24 | 88 |
| Highland | 19 | 18 | 94.7% | 0 | 80 | 46 | 62 |
| Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 50 | 60 | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 33 | 31 | 93.9% | 0 | 80 | 25 | 57 |
| Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 3 | 3 | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 95 | 90 | 94.7% | 0 | 112 | 36 | 60 |
| Borders | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | 2 | 73 | 33 | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 12 | 9 | 75.0% | 2 | 105 | 33 | 101 |
| Fife | 22 | 22 | 100.0% | 3 | 62 | 40 | 60 |
| Lothian | 57 | 56 | 98.2% | 0 | 112 | 35 | 59 |
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| WOSCAN | 154 | 146 | 94.8% | 0 | 113 | 38 | 60 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 25 | 24 | 96.0% | 0 | 71 | 28 | 56 |
| Forth Valley | 21 | 21 | 100.0% | 1 | 61 | 37 | 57 |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 81 | 75 | 92.6% | 0 | 113 | 42 | 61 |
| Lanarkshire | 27 | 26 | 96.3% | 0 | 89 | 39 | 62 |
# 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.