| Description | Number and proportion of urgently referred cancer patients who began treatment within 62 days |
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| ISBN | (Web Only) |
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| Website Publication Date | May 19, 2009 |
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Table 9: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During October-December 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) |
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| Scotland | 425 | 414 | 97.4% | 0 | 90 | 37 | 58 |
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| NOSCAN | 100 | 95 | 95.0% | 0 | 90 | 42 | 60 |
| Grampian | 40 | 37 | 92.5% | 1 | 77 | 45 | 62 |
| Highland | 18 | 18 | 100.0% | 1 | 62 | 39 | 60 |
| Orkney | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 55 | 55 | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 34 | 32 | 94.1% | 0 | 90 | 44 | 61 |
| Western Isles | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 12 | 60 | 34 | n/a |
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| SCAN | 125 | 123 | 98.4% | 2 | 78 | 32 | 58 |
| Borders | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 19 | 62 | 34 | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | 13 | 42 | 35 | 42 |
| Fife | 39 | 37 | 94.9% | 2 | 78 | 43 | 58 |
| Lothian | 69 | 69 | 100.0% | 4 | 61 | 31 | 58 |
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| WOSCAN | 200 | 196 | 98.0% | 0 | 83 | 37 | 57 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 42 | 41 | 97.6% | 3 | 68 | 39 | 57 |
| Forth Valley | 30 | 29 | 96.7% | 1 | 82 | 32 | 56 |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 93 | 92 | 98.9% | 0 | 83 | 39 | 58 |
| Lanarkshire | 35 | 34 | 97.1% | 7 | 80 | 34 | 54 |
# 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.