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".
Lymphoma - 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 | 66 | 38 | 57.6% |
| | | |
NOSCAN | 23 | 16 | 69.6% |
Grampian (includes Shetland) | 19 | 13 | 68.4% |
Highland | 3 | 3 | 100.0% |
Orkney | 0 | - | n/a |
Tayside1 | - | - | - |
Western Isles | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| | | |
SCAN | 15 | 10 | 66.7% |
Borders | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
Dumfries & Galloway2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
Fife1 | - | - | - |
Lothian | 11 | 7 | 63.6% |
| | | |
WOSCAN | 28 | 12 | 42.9% |
Argyll & Clyde | 8 | 3 | 37.5% |
Ayrshire & Arran | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
Forth Valley | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
Lanarkshire | 4 | 1 | 25.0% |
Greater Glasgow | 12 | 5 | 41.7% |
*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
1 Tayside and Fife were unable to provide comparable data for inclusion in this report
2 Most lymphoma patients diagnosed in Dumfries & Galloway are managed within WOSCAN