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"
All Cancers Combined - period of diagnosis: 1 July to 30 September 2006
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) |
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Scotland | 2,160 | 1,782 | 82.5% | 0 | 368 | 35 | 78 |
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NOSCAN | 529 | 436 | 82.4% | 0 | 368 | 35 | 81 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 4 | 80 | 55 | n/a |
Grampian | 227 | 184 | 81.1% | 0 | 368 | 36 | 89 |
Highland | 114 | 79 | 69.3% | 0 | 233 | 44 | 108 |
Orkney | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 24 | 36 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 29 | 90 | 49 | n/a |
Tayside | 172 | 160 | 93.0% | 0 | 148 | 30 | 60 |
Western Isles | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 11 | 41 | 24 | n/a |
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SCAN | 570 | 477 | 83.7% | 0 | 259 | 37 | 73 |
Borders | 47 | 37 | 78.7% | 1 | 158 | 31 | 102 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 67 | 62 | 92.5% | 4 | 106 | 28 | 50 |
Fife | 147 | 134 | 91.2% | 0 | 132 | 35 | 60 |
Lothian | 309 | 244 | 79.0% | 0 | 259 | 41 | 82 |
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WOSCAN | 1,061 | 869 | 81.9% | 0 | 350 | 35 | 81 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 140 | 116 | 82.9% | 2 | 138 | 29 | 70 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 175 | 154 | 88.0% | 0 | 157 | 30 | 63 |
Forth Valley | 107 | 87 | 81.3% | 0 | 154 | 45 | 82 |
Lanarkshire | 211 | 146 | 69.2% | 0 | 350 | 38 | 118 |
Greater Glasgow | 428 | 366 | 85.5% | 0 | 259 | 37 | 77 |
*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
Cancer waiting times statistics are subject to a programme of quality improvement focusing on consistency and coverage.
These improvements need to be taken in to account when making comparisons on quarter on quarter performance.