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 April to 30 June 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 | 2,222 | 1,760 | 79.2% | 0 | 265 | 38 | 83 |
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NOSCAN | 574 | 463 | 80.7% | 0 | 259 | 36 | 81 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 2 | 67 | 18 | n/a |
Grampian | 225 | 178 | 79.1% | 0 | 175 | 39 | 82 |
Highland | 95 | 68 | 71.6% | 0 | 245 | 43 | 89 |
Orkney | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 0 | 51 | 21 | n/a |
Shetland | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 20 | 36 | 31 | n/a |
Tayside | 231 | 198 | 85.7% | 0 | 259 | 34 | 75 |
Western Isles | 8 | 7 | 87.5% | 17 | 124 | 49 | n/a |
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SCAN | 600 | 474 | 79.0% | 0 | 187 | 40 | 85 |
Borders | 39 | 33 | 84.6% | 0 | 157 | 42 | 68 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 66 | 61 | 92.4% | 1 | 106 | 24 | 52 |
Fife | 166 | 129 | 77.7% | 0 | 152 | 43 | 86 |
Lothian | 329 | 251 | 76.3% | 0 | 187 | 42 | 89 |
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WOSCAN | 1,048 | 823 | 78.5% | 0 | 265 | 37 | 84 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 147 | 126 | 85.7% | 0 | 153 | 29 | 68 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 167 | 131 | 78.4% | 0 | 179 | 38 | 89 |
Forth Valley | 113 | 80 | 70.8% | 1 | 169 | 48 | 95 |
Lanarkshire | 196 | 149 | 76.0% | 0 | 265 | 35 | 92 |
Greater Glasgow | 425 | 337 | 79.3% | 0 | 214 | 37 | 81 |
*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