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 July to 30 September 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 (Days) | Maximum (Days) | Median (Days) | 90th Percentile (Days) | 95th Percentile (Days) |
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Scotland | 103 | 66 | 64.1% | 2 | 238 | 47 | 124 | 149 |
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NOSCAN | 24 | 16 | 66.7% | 2 | 169 | 41 | 133 | 162 |
Grampian | 15 | 12 | 80.0% | 2 | 169 | 35 | 151 | n/a |
Highland | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | 9 | 116 | 67 | 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 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 42 | 126 | 82 | 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 | 35 | 25 | 71.4% | 9 | 149 | 46 | 116 | 130 |
Borders | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 13 | 18 | 16 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 25 | 81 | 54 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 9 | 31 | 19 | n/a | n/a |
Lothian | 24 | 15 | 62.5% | 16 | 149 | 51 | 125 | 143 |
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WOSCAN | 44 | 25 | 56.8% | 15 | 238 | 49 | 136 | 219 |
Argyll & Clyde | 8 | 3 | 37.5% | 39 | 140 | 74 | n/a | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 23 | 63 | 40 | n/a | n/a |
Forth Valley | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | 21 | 225 | 70 | n/a | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 28 | 79 | 47 | n/a | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 18 | 9 | 50.0% | 15 | 238 | 48 | 183 | n/a |
*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