| 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 7: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During July-September 2008 with Ovarian 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 | 88 | 85 | 96.6% | 0 | 81 | 34 | 57 |
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| NOSCAN | 33 | 32 | 97.0% | 0 | 72 | 33 | 54 |
| Grampian | 16 | 15 | 93.8% | 0 | 72 | 31 | 64 |
| Highland | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 22 | 55 | 35 | n/a |
| Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 4 | 53 | 25 | n/a |
| Western Isles | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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| SCAN | 21 | 21 | 100.0% | 11 | 60 | 41 | 56 |
| Borders | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 20 | 20 | n/a | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 52 | 52 | n/a | n/a |
| Fife | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 21 | 60 | 43 | n/a |
| Lothian | 12 | 12 | 100.0% | 11 | 57 | 39 | 56 |
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| WOSCAN | 34 | 32 | 94.1% | 1 | 81 | 28 | 61 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 11 | 11 | 100.0% | 1 | 61 | 28 | 59 |
| Forth Valley | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 7 | 49 | 11 | n/a |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 12 | 11 | 91.7% | 7 | 81 | 33 | 74 |
| Lanarkshire | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | 22 | 66 | 48 | n/a |
# 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.