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"
Colorectal 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 | 351 | 248 | 70.7% | 0 | 265 | 32 | 106 |
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NOSCAN | 105 | 77 | 73.3% | 0 | 259 | 30 | 93 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 2 | 67 | 18 | n/a |
Grampian | 37 | 23 | 62.2% | 0 | 175 | 52 | 97 |
Highland | 15 | 14 | 93.3% | 1 | 245 | 34 | 134 |
Orkney | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 0 | 51 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 31 | 36 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 45 | 33 | 73.3% | 1 | 259 | 21 | 112 |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 19 | 19 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 72 | 52 | 72.2% | 0 | 168 | 37 | 106 |
Borders | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 31 | 63 | 51 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 9 | 8 | 88.9% | 1 | 100 | 30 | n/a |
Fife | 16 | 14 | 87.5% | 0 | 140 | 27 | 115 |
Lothian | 41 | 25 | 61.0% | 0 | 168 | 43 | 114 |
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WOSCAN | 174 | 119 | 68.4% | 0 | 265 | 32 | 111 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 29 | 22 | 75.9% | 0 | 153 | 29 | 116 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 27 | 19 | 70.4% | 0 | 138 | 32 | 105 |
Forth Valley | 25 | 15 | 60.0% | 2 | 169 | 50 | 105 |
Lanarkshire | 35 | 18 | 51.4% | 2 | 265 | 61 | 175 |
Greater Glasgow | 58 | 45 | 77.6% | 0 | 111 | 18 | 84 |
*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.