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) |
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Scotland | 86 | 74 | 86.0% | 0 | 200 | 26 | 74 | 85 |
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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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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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.