Cancer in Scotland: Action for Change set a target that "by 2005, the maximum wait from urgent referral to treatment for all cancers will be two months".
All cancers - period of diagnosis: 1 July to 30 September 2005
Area of diagnosis | Number of eligible urgent referrals* | Number treated within 2 months (62 days) of referral | % compliance with 2 month urgent referral to treatment target | Minimum (Days) | Maximum (Days) | Median (Days) | 90th Percentile (Days) | 95th Percentile (Days) |
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Scotland | 1,866 | 1,399 | 75.0% | 0 | 291 | 39 | 85 | 111 |
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NOSCAN | 470 | 347 | 73.8% | 0 | 201 | 41 | 89 | 104 |
Grampian | 184 | 135 | 73.4% | 1 | 200 | 41 | 90 | 107 |
Highland | 73 | 45 | 61.6% | 0 | 201 | 49 | 99 | 121 |
Orkney | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 4 | 68 | 29 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 30 | 90 | 49 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 194 | 153 | 78.9% | 0 | 146 | 38 | 82 | 100 |
Western Isles | 8 | 6 | 75.0% | 1 | 75 | 43 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 485 | 381 | 78.6% | 0 | 267 | 40 | 81 | 104 |
Borders | 43 | 36 | 83.7% | 4 | 115 | 39 | 76 | 98 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 43 | 34 | 79.1% | 0 | 122 | 25 | 67 | 87 |
Fife | 109 | 79 | 72.5% | 1 | 267 | 41 | 94 | 109 |
Lothian | 290 | 232 | 80.0% | 0 | 213 | 41 | 79 | 107 |
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WOSCAN | 911 | 671 | 73.7% | 0 | 291 | 38 | 88 | 117 |
Argyll & Clyde | 120 | 86 | 71.7% | 0 | 140 | 30 | 78 | 90 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 191 | 152 | 79.6% | 0 | 119 | 39 | 83 | 103 |
Forth Valley | 52 | 38 | 73.1% | 2 | 225 | 46 | 86 | 106 |
Lanarkshire | 184 | 134 | 72.8% | 0 | 255 | 34 | 116 | 166 |
Greater Glasgow | 364 | 261 | 71.7% | 0 | 291 | 40 | 93 | 124 |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay and co-morbidities