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."
Ovarian 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 | 38 | 30 | 78.9% |
| | | |
| NOSCAN | 15 | 13 | 86.7% |
| Grampian (includes Shetland) | 7 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Highland | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Orkney1 | - | - | n/a |
| Tayside | 5 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| | | |
| SCAN | 12 | 9 | 75.0% |
| Borders | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 2 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Fife | 7 | 5 | 71.4% |
| Lothian | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
| | | |
| WOSCAN | 11 | 8 | 72.7% |
| Argyll & Clyde | 0 | - | n/a |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 5 | 4 | 80.0% |
| Forth Valley | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Lanarkshire | 4 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Greater Glasgow | 0 | - | n/a |
| | | |
*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 during this quarter
n/a: Not applicable due to small numbers