| 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 4: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During July-September 2008 with Lung 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 | 543 | 518 | 95.4% | 0 | 106 | 34 | 60 |
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| NOSCAN | 107 | 107 | 100.0% | 1 | 62 | 26 | 59 |
| Grampian | 37 | 37 | 100.0% | 1 | 61 | 27 | 54 |
| Highland | 28 | 28 | 100.0% | 1 | 62 | 21 | 62 |
| Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 41 | 41 | 100.0% | 3 | 62 | 30 | 59 |
| Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 21 | 21 | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 160 | 153 | 95.6% | 1 | 106 | 35 | 60 |
| Borders | 12 | 12 | 100.0% | 20 | 62 | 35 | 62 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 16 | 14 | 87.5% | 6 | 76 | 37 | 76 |
| Fife | 52 | 48 | 92.3% | 4 | 106 | 29 | 61 |
| Lothian | 80 | 79 | 98.8% | 1 | 79 | 37 | 59 |
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| WOSCAN | 276 | 258 | 93.5% | 0 | 106 | 35 | 60 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 38 | 38 | 100.0% | 0 | 62 | 32 | 55 |
| Forth Valley | 29 | 29 | 100.0% | 8 | 59 | 36 | 59 |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 144 | 129 | 89.6% | 2 | 106 | 35 | 64 |
| Lanarkshire | 65 | 62 | 95.4% | 2 | 93 | 35 | 56 |
# 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.