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) |
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Scotland | 385 | 310 | 80.5% | 7 | 267 | 42 | 75 | 90 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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