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
| BREAST | | Number of eligible GP urgent
referrals* | Number treated within two months (62 days)
of referral | Compliance with two months urgent referral
to treatment target (in per cent) |
| | | | |
| Scotland | 396 | 336 | 84.8 |
| | | | |
|
NOSCAN | 86 | 48 | 55.8 |
| Grampian (includes Orkney and
Shetland) | 37 | 11 | 29.7 |
| Highland | 10 | 9 | 90 |
| Tayside | 38 | 27 | 71.1 |
| Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| | | | |
|
SCAN | 120 | 111 | 92.5 |
| Borders | 9 | 9 | 100 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 20 | 19 | 95 |
| Fife | 20 | 20 | 100 |
| Lothian | 55 | 48 | 87.3 |
| West Lothian | 16 | 15 | 93.8 |
| | | | |
|
WOSCAN | 190 | 177 | 93.2 |
| Argyll & Clyde | 19 | 19 | 100 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 21 | 19 | 90.5 |
| Forth Valley | 12 | 12 | 100 |
| Lanarkshire | 37 | 36 | 97.3 |
| North Glasgow | 70 | 60 | 85.7 |
| South Glasgow | 31 | 31 | 100 |
| | | | |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving
treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical
delay and co-morbidities