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 cancer - period of diagnosis: 1 January - 31 March, 2005
| Number of eligible GP urgent referrals* | Number treated within 2 months (62 days) of referral | % compliance with 2 month urgent referral to treatment target |
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| Scotland | 183 | 87 | 47.5% |
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| NOSCAN | 59 | 31 | 52.5% |
| Grampian (includes Shetland) | 13 | 3 | 23.1% |
| Highland | 13 | 5 | 38.5% |
| Orkney | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Tayside | 30 | 21 | 70.0% |
| Western Isles | 2 | 1 | 50.0% |
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| SCAN | 48 | 22 | 45.8% |
| Borders | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Fife | 8 | 5 | 62.5% |
| Lothian | 36 | 15 | 41.7% |
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| WOSCAN | 76 | 34 | 44.7% |
| Argyll & Clyde | 9 | 5 | 55.6% |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 5 | 4 | 80.0% |
| Forth Valley | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| Lanarkshire | 30 | 14 | 46.7% |
| Greater Glasgow | 25 | 10 | 40.0% |
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*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay and co-morbidities