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all cancers q405

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"

All cancers - 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

1,970

1,461

74.2%

0

296

39

91

120

NOSCAN

513

376

73.3%

0

296

43

95

125

Grampian

201

150

74.6%

1

182

41

93

122

Highland

95

62

65.3%

1

296

53

121

136

Orkney

3

1

33.3%

25

78

66

n/a

n/a

Shetland

9

6

66.7%

3

92

36

n/a

n/a

Tayside

190

145

76.3%

1

172

41

87

114

Western Isles

15

12

80.0%

0

158

22

105

n/a

SCAN

539

421

78.1%

0

264

39

85

113

Borders

33

27

81.8%

1

126

35

80

103

Dumfries & Galloway

67

54

80.6%

0

127

31

76

106

Fife

112

83

74.1%

1

189

43

99

124

Lothian

327

257

78.6%

0

264

40

85

117

WOSCAN

918

664

72.3%

0

276

39

94

124

Argyll & Clyde 1

115

87

75.7%

0

131

28

83

106

Ayrshire & Arran

178

137

77.0%

0

174

36

83

119

Forth Valley

81

50

61.7%

0

180

48

108

136

Lanarkshire 1

173

121

69.9%

0

276

36

120

154

Greater Glasgow

371

269

72.5%

0

264

41

94

119

*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay and co-morbidities

1 Argyll & Clyde and Lanarkshire were unable to provide comparable urology data for inclusion in this report

Page updated: Tuesday, May 16, 2006