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"
Head and Neck - 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) |
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Scotland | 110 | 69 | 62.7% | 3 | 162 | 54 | 115 | 124 |
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NOSCAN | 21 | 15 | 71.4% | 3 | 156 | 43 | 146 | 156 |
Grampian | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 18 | 43 | 39 | n/a | n/a |
Highland | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | 24 | 151 | 71 | n/a | n/a |
Orkney | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 9 | 7 | 77.8% | 3 | 156 | 38 | n/a | n/a |
Western Isles | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 20 | 14 | 70.0% | 25 | 123 | 59 | 77 | 121 |
Borders | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 62 | 62 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | 32 | 63 | 53 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | 25 | 69 | 60 | n/a | n/a |
Lothian | 11 | 8 | 72.7% | 28 | 123 | 58 | 114 | n/a |
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WOSCAN | 69 | 40 | 58.0% | 13 | 162 | 54 | 106 | 121 |
Argyll & Clyde | 9 | 8 | 88.9% | 14 | 71 | 30 | n/a | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 13 | 7 | 53.8% | 27 | 119 | 54 | 105 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | 26 | 162 | 70 | n/a | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 7 | 4 | 57.1% | 40 | 120 | 61 | n/a | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 35 | 19 | 54.3% | 13 | 144 | 54 | 102 | 130 |
*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