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 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 | 368 | 308 | 83.7% | 6 | 182 | 43 | 69 | 84 |
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NOSCAN | 102 | 71 | 69.6% | 20 | 182 | 51 | 91 | 106 |
Grampian | 37 | 21 | 56.8% | 35 | 182 | 57 | 112 | 157 |
Highland | 19 | 12 | 63.2% | 20 | 136 | 55 | 97 | n/a |
Orkney | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 43 | 92 | 55 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 42 | 35 | 83.3% | 21 | 95 | 44 | 75 | 91 |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 56 | 56 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 115 | 100 | 87.0% | 8 | 110 | 43 | 66 | 70 |
Borders | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 20 | 48 | 34 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 18 | 18 | 100.0% | 9 | 35 | 19 | 31 | n/a |
Fife | 24 | 16 | 66.7% | 8 | 110 | 55 | 89 | 105 |
Lothian | 65 | 58 | 89.2% | 9 | 70 | 44 | 66 | 69 |
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WOSCAN | 151 | 137 | 90.7% | 6 | 174 | 33 | 61 | 67 |
Argyll & Clyde | 22 | 22 | 100.0% | 6 | 42 | 22 | 40 | 42 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 25 | 20 | 80.0% | 17 | 174 | 39 | 68 | 143 |
Forth Valley | 8 | 7 | 87.5% | 26 | 63 | 37 | n/a | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 34 | 33 | 97.1% | 8 | 92 | 29 | 55 | 68 |
Greater Glasgow | 62 | 55 | 88.7% | 6 | 91 | 37 | 65 | 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