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."
Lung 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 |
| | | |
| Scotland | 259 | 186 | 71.8% |
| | | |
| NOSCAN | 72 | 58 | 80.6% |
| Grampian (includes Shetland) | 20 | 19 | 95.0% |
| Highland | 9 | 7 | 77.8% |
| Orkney1 | - | - | n/a |
| Tayside | 43 | 32 | 74.4% |
| Western Isles1 | - | - | n/a |
| | | |
| SCAN | 77 | 56 | 72.7% |
| Borders | 7 | 6 | 85.7% |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 10 | 7 | 70.0% |
| Fife | 14 | 10 | 71.4% |
| Lothian | 46 | 33 | 71.7% |
| | | |
| WOSCAN1 | 110 | 72 | 65.5% |
| Argyll & Clyde | 24 | 17 | 70.8% |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 28 | 18 | 64.3% |
| Forth Valley | 10 | 6 | 60.0% |
| Lanarkshire | 26 | 18 | 69.2% |
| Greater Glasgow2 | 22 | 13 | 59.1% |
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*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay and co-morbidities
1 No patients were diagnosed in Orkney or Western Isles during this quarter
2 North Glasgow was unable to provide 'comparable data' for this quarter
n/a: Not applicable due to small numbers