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Upper GI q4 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"

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)

Scotland

245

177

72.2%

0

237

40

84

108

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

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

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

Page updated: Tuesday, May 16, 2006