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breast cancer Waiting Times Q3 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".

Breast - period of diagnosis: 1 July to 30 September 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 (Days)

Maximum (Days)

Median (Days)

90th Percentile (Days)

95th Percentile (Days)

Scotland

385

310

80.5%

7

267

42

75

90

NOSCAN

86

54

62.8%

15

127

55

90

106

Grampian

38

19

50.0%

15

127

62

104

127

Highland

6

3

50.0%

20

80

58

n/a

n/a

Orkney

1

1

100.0%

49

49

n/a

n/a

n/a

Shetland

3

1

33.3%

34

90

66

n/a

n/a

Tayside

35

28

80.0%

19

114

50

86

95

Western Isles

3

2

66.7%

35

75

36

n/a

n/a

SCAN

128

108

84.4%

10

267

45

70

83

Borders

12

12

100.0%

16

44

40

43

n/a

Dumfries & Galloway

15

15

100.0%

10

50

21

43

n/a

Fife

27

14

51.9%

32

267

61

106

208

Lothian

74

67

90.5%

14

117

47

62

66

WOSCAN

171

148

86.5%

7

112

33

67

80

Argyll & Clyde

29

24

82.8%

7

82

20

40

72

Ayrshire & Arran

45

34

75.6%

11

112

47

94

104

Forth Valley

11

10

90.9%

22

67

35

66

n/a

Lanarkshire

31

29

93.5%

10

97

28

56

84

Greater Glasgow

55

51

92.7%

14

80

33

62

75

*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: Thursday, April 6, 2006