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"
Upper GI - period of diagnosis: 1 October to 31 December 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 wait (Days) | Maximum wait (Days) | Median wait (Days) | 90th Percentile (Days) | 95th Percentile (Days) |
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Scotland | 245 | 177 | 72.2% | 0 | 237 | 40 | 84 | 108 |
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NOSCAN | 68 | 51 | 75.0% | 3 | 128 | 40 | 83 | 98 |
Grampian | 30 | 23 | 76.7% | 3 | 128 | 38 | 79 | 107 |
Highland | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | 16 | 119 | 46 | 114 | n/a |
Orkney | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 27 | 27 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 26 | 19 | 73.1% | 6 | 101 | 36 | 86 | 98 |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 3 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 52 | 41 | 78.8% | 0 | 237 | 40 | 75 | 106 |
Borders | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 9 | 73 | 10 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 9 | 5 | 55.6% | 3 | 107 | 47 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 2 | 67 | 14 | n/a | n/a |
Lothian | 31 | 26 | 83.9% | 0 | 237 | 45 | 71 | 143 |
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WOSCAN | 125 | 85 | 68.0% | 1 | 168 | 42 | 90 | 125 |
Argyll & Clyde | 18 | 13 | 72.2% | 7 | 111 | 25 | 96 | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 20 | 13 | 65.0% | 4 | 134 | 54 | 115 | 133 |
Forth Valley | 9 | 6 | 66.7% | 1 | 104 | 53 | n/a | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 33 | 20 | 60.6% | 3 | 146 | 40 | 125 | 144 |
Greater Glasgow | 45 | 33 | 73.3% | 1 | 168 | 44 | 85 | 125 |
*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