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 October to 31 December 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) | Man/aimum wait (Days) | Median wait (Days) | 90th Percentile (Days) |
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S cotland | 2,111 | 1,790 | 84.8% | 0 | 324 | 36 | 73 |
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NO S CAN | 517 | 436 | 84.3% | 0 | 237 | 37 | 72 |
Argyll & Clyde ( Highland ) | 7 | 4 | 57.1% | 2 | 91 | 44 | n/a |
Grampian | 187 | 161 | 86.1% | 0 | 237 | 33 | 80 |
Highland | 109 | 80 | 73.4% | 0 | 132 | 48 | 84 |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
S hetland | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 35 | 60 | 49 | n/a |
Tayside | 199 | 179 | 89.9% | 0 | 147 | 32 | 61 |
Western Isles | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | 9 | 121 | 58 | 116 |
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S CAN | 590 | 507 | 85.9% | 0 | 307 | 36 | 80 |
Borders | 42 | 35 | 83.3% | 2 | 155 | 36 | 104 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 63 | 57 | 90.5% | 0 | 91 | 30 | 60 |
Fife | 182 | 159 | 87.4% | 1 | 143 | 36 | 71 |
Lothian | 303 | 256 | 84.5% | 0 | 307 | 40 | 88 |
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WO S CAN | 1,004 | 847 | 84.4% | 0 | 324 | 36 | 72 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 154 | 136 | 88.3% | 0 | 160 | 26 | 64 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 180 | 152 | 84.4% | 0 | 182 | 38 | 77 |
Forth Valley | 123 | 107 | 87.0% | 0 | 186 | 41 | 87 |
Lanarkshire | 134 | 88 | 65.7% | 0 | 324 | 43 | 134 |
Greater Glasgow | 413 | 364 | 88.1% | 0 | 208 | 36 | 63 |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay, co-morbidities, clinical reasons and initially referred to another non-cancer speciality.
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.