| 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 6: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During July-September 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) |
| Scotland | 159 | 145 | 91.2% | 0 | 176 | 32 | 60 |
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| NOSCAN | 38 | 32 | 84.2% | 0 | 112 | 32 | 72 |
| Grampian | 20 | 17 | 85.0% | 0 | 92 | 37 | 71 |
| Highland | 7 | 4 | 57.1% | 0 | 112 | 48 | n/a |
| Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 21 | 21 | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 0 | 51 | 22 | n/a |
| Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 13 | 27 | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 41 | 39 | 95.1% | 0 | 80 | 32 | 55 |
| Borders | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 0 | 45 | 0 | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 7 | 32 | n/a | n/a |
| Fife | 15 | 15 | 100.0% | 7 | 49 | 29 | 48 |
| Lothian | 21 | 19 | 90.5% | 3 | 80 | 35 | 66 |
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| WOSCAN | 80 | 74 | 92.5% | 0 | 176 | 30 | 59 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 15 | 15 | 100.0% | 0 | 59 | 11 | 48 |
| Forth Valley | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | 0 | 62 | 46 | 62 |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 40 | 36 | 90.0% | 1 | 125 | 28 | 65 |
| Lanarkshire | 15 | 13 | 86.7% | 0 | 176 | 43 | 108 |
# 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.