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".
Breast - period of diagnosis: 1 April to 30 June, 2005
Area of diagnosis | 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 | 426 | 366 | 85.9% |
| | | |
NOSCAN | 117 | 81 | 69.2% |
Grampian (includes Shetland) | 45 | 19 | 42.2% |
Highland | 18 | 17 | 94.4% |
Orkney | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
Tayside | 53 | 44 | 83.0% |
Western Isles | 0 | - | n/a |
| | | |
SCAN | 138 | 127 | 92.0% |
Borders | 7 | 7 | 100.0% |
Dumfries & Galloway | 24 | 24 | 100.0% |
Fife | 26 | 20 | 76.9% |
Lothian | 81 | 76 | 93.8% |
| | | |
WOSCAN | 171 | 158 | 92.4% |
Argyll & Clyde | 21 | 21 | 100.0% |
Ayrshire & Arran | 24 | 22 | 91.7% |
Forth Valley | 11 | 9 | 81.8% |
Lanarkshire | 42 | 38 | 90.5% |
Greater Glasgow | 73 | 68 | 93.2% |
*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