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Breast cancer waiting times

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 cancer - period of diagnosis: October 1 - December 31, 2004

BREASTNumber of eligible GP urgent referrals*Number treated within two months (62 days) of referralCompliance with two months urgent referral to treatment target (in per cent)
Scotland39633684.8
NOSCAN864855.8
Grampian (includes Orkney and Shetland)371129.7
Highland10990
Tayside382771.1
Western Isles11100
SCAN12011192.5
Borders99100
Dumfries & Galloway201995
Fife2020100
Lothian554887.3
West Lothian161593.8
WOSCAN19017793.2
Argyll & Clyde1919100
Ayrshire & Arran211990.5
Forth Valley1212100
Lanarkshire373697.3
North Glasgow706085.7
South Glasgow3131100

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

Page updated: Wednesday, June 8, 2005