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 April to 30 June, 2005
Area of diagnosis | Number of eligible GP urgent referrals* | Number treated within 2 months (62 days) of referral | % compliance with 2 month urgent referral to treatment target |
Scotland | 212 | 119 | 56.1% |
| | | |
NOSCAN | 60 | 43 | 71.7% |
Grampian | 10 | 4 | 40.0% |
Highland | 5 | 5 | 100.0% |
Orkney | 3 | 3 | 100.0% |
Shetland1 | - | - | - |
Tayside | 38 | 29 | 76.3% |
Western Isles | 4 | 2 | 50.0% |
| | | |
SCAN | 62 | 29 | 46.8% |
Borders | 8 | 7 | 87.5% |
Dumfries & Galloway | 4 | 1 | 25.0% |
Fife | 10 | 2 | 20.0% |
Lothian | 40 | 19 | 47.5% |
| | | |
WOSCAN | 90 | 47 | 52.2% |
Argyll & Clyde | 9 | 6 | 66.7% |
Ayrshire & Arran | 7 | 5 | 71.4% |
Forth Valley | 9 | 6 | 66.7% |
Lanarkshire | 28 | 13 | 46.4% |
Greater Glasgow | 37 | 17 | 45.9% |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay and co-morbidities
1 Shetland was unable to provide comparable data for inclusion in this report