| 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 2: Waiting-Times Statistics by Health Board of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed During October-December 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) |
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| Scotland | 324 | 299 | 92.3% | 0 | 131 | 37 | 62 |
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| NOSCAN | 87 | 76 | 87.4% | 0 | 131 | 33 | 64 |
| Grampian | 37 | 34 | 91.9% | 0 | 131 | 36 | 67 |
| Highland | 17 | 14 | 82.4% | 2 | 82 | 19 | 69 |
| Orkney | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 35 | 35 | n/a | n/a |
| Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tayside | 29 | 25 | 86.2% | 1 | 90 | 26 | 68 |
| Western Isles | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 56 | 63 | 60 | n/a |
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| SCAN | 95 | 91 | 95.8% | 0 | 91 | 34 | 60 |
| Borders | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 2 | 62 | 40 | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 14 | 13 | 92.9% | 1 | 91 | 29 | 76 |
| Fife | 17 | 16 | 94.1% | 2 | 82 | 35 | 66 |
| Lothian | 56 | 54 | 96.4% | 0 | 91 | 38 | 59 |
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| WOSCAN | 142 | 132 | 93.0% | 0 | 108 | 40 | 62 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 17 | 17 | 100.0% | 2 | 61 | 31 | 59 |
| Forth Valley | 16 | 16 | 100.0% | 1 | 62 | 27 | 62 |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 76 | 70 | 92.1% | 0 | 108 | 42 | 62 |
| Lanarkshire | 33 | 29 | 87.9% | 0 | 78 | 42 | 73 |
# 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.