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Melanoma Cancer Waiting Times Q3 05

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".

Melanoma - period of diagnosis: 1 July to 30 September 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

Minimum (Days)

Maximum (Days)

Median (Days)

90th Percentile (Days)

95th Percentile (Days)

Scotland

86

74

86.0%

0

200

26

74

85

NOSCAN

23

19

82.6%

0

200

33

93

181

Grampian

10

8

80.0%

11

200

50

188

n/a

Highland

4

3

75.0%

0

73

0

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

8

88.9%

17

104

33

n/a

n/a

Western Isles 1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

SCAN

22

19

86.4%

0

195

18

75

177

Borders

2

1

50.0%

12

77

45

n/a

n/a

Dumfries & Galloway

3

3

100.0%

0

13

5

n/a

n/a

Fife

3

3

100.0%

11

42

14

n/a

n/a

Lothians

14

12

85.7%

7

195

30

133

n/a

WOSCAN

41

36

87.8%

0

85

22

67

83

Argyll & Clyde

4

3

75.0%

14

78

32

n/a

n/a

Ayrshire & Arran

8

7

87.5%

0

85

12

n/a

n/a

Forth Valley

2

2

100.0%

15

15

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lanarkshire

9

8

88.9%

0

68

22

n/a

n/a

Greater Glasgow

18

16

88.9%

0

84

33

67

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

1 Unable to provide 'comparable data' for inclusion in this report.

Page updated: Monday, March 6, 2006