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"
Colorectal - period of diagnosis: 1 October to 31 December 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 wait (Days) | Maximum wait (Days) | Median wait (Days) | 90th Percentile (Days) | 95th Percentile (Days) |
Scotland | 322 | 203 | 63.0% | 0 | 296 | 39 | 126 | 171 |
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NOSCAN | 83 | 52 | 62.7% | 0 | 296 | 47 | 121 | 144 |
Grampian | 32 | 19 | 59.4% | 1 | 176 | 48 | 121 | 145 |
Highland | 13 | 5 | 38.5% | 15 | 296 | 69 | 232 | n/a |
Orkney | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 66 | 66 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 18 | 85 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 28 | 22 | 78.6% | 1 | 172 | 23 | 127 | 161 |
Western Isles | 7 | 5 | 71.4% | 0 | 69 | 33 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 86 | 57 | 66.3% | 0 | 264 | 39 | 109 | 214 |
Borders | 9 | 7 | 77.8% | 1 | 91 | 35 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 10 | 6 | 60.0% | 1 | 97 | 56 | 95 | n/a |
Fife | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | 21 | 86 | 48 | 85 | n/a |
Lothian | 57 | 36 | 63.2% | 0 | 264 | 35 | 169 | 251 |
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WOSCAN | 153 | 94 | 61.4% | 0 | 276 | 30 | 133 | 173 |
Argyll & Clyde | 18 | 7 | 38.9% | 0 | 131 | 67 | 129 | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 32 | 23 | 71.9% | 0 | 171 | 25 | 117 | 157 |
Forth Valley | 17 | 6 | 35.3% | 2 | 131 | 73 | 106 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 31 | 18 | 58.1% | 0 | 276 | 41 | 254 | 271 |
Greater Glasgow | 55 | 40 | 72.7% | 0 | 203 | 20 | 108 | 135 |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay and co-morbidities
n/a: Not applicable due to small numbers