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"
Urological - 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 | 177 | 108 | 61.0% | 0 | 244 | 46 | 129 | 158 |
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NOSCAN | 56 | 32 | 57.1% | 1 | 178 | 48 | 132 | 164 |
Grampian | 29 | 18 | 62.1% | 2 | 178 | 50 | 144 | 176 |
Highland | 11 | 6 | 54.5% | 1 | 153 | 57 | 149 | n/a |
Orkney | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 25 | 78 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 10 | 5 | 50.0% | 1 | 90 | 42 | n/a | n/a |
Western Isles | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 17 | 158 | 21 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 48 | 27 | 56.3% | 0 | 189 | 54 | 129 | 155 |
Borders | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 62 | 126 | 94 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 21 | 127 | 54 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 18 | 10 | 55.6% | 4 | 189 | 41 | 166 | n/a |
Lothian | 21 | 11 | 52.4% | 0 | 133 | 54 | 117 | 132 |
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WOSCAN | 73 | 49 | 67.1% | 0 | 244 | 43 | 121 | 164 |
Argyll & Clyde 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ayrshire & Arran | 18 | 15 | 83.3% | 4 | 117 | 27 | 87 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 16 | 10 | 62.5% | 0 | 180 | 49 | 165 | n/a |
Lanarkshire 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Greater Glasgow | 39 | 24 | 61.5% | 2 | 244 | 48 | 132 | 187 |
*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 calculate minimum and maximum due to dates being unavailable
2 Unable to provide comparable data for inclusion in this report