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 January to 31 March 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 | 308 | 219 | 71.1% | 0 | 321 | 39 | 112 |
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NOSCAN | 87 | 64 | 73.6% | 0 | 321 | 36 | 119 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 15 | 68 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 27 | 19 | 70.4% | 0 | 138 | 40 | 124 |
Highland | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | 1 | 99 | 26 | 95 |
Orkney | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 5 | 148 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 39 | 28 | 71.8% | 0 | 321 | 46 | 131 |
Western Isles | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 1 | 104 | 42 | n/a |
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SCAN | 90 | 68 | 75.6% | 0 | 160 | 38 | 83 |
Borders | 12 | 7 | 58.3% | 4 | 143 | 61 | 130 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 12 | 8 | 66.7% | 2 | 83 | 48 | 81 |
Fife | 19 | 18 | 94.7% | 2 | 70 | 27 | 62 |
Lothian | 47 | 35 | 74.5% | 0 | 160 | 38 | 90 |
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WOSCAN | 131 | 87 | 66.4% | 0 | 268 | 46 | 131 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 25 | 16 | 64.0% | 0 | 160 | 55 | 114 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 12 | 9 | 75.0% | 6 | 90 | 50 | 84 |
Forth Valley | 14 | 10 | 71.4% | 1 | 175 | 29 | 165 |
Lanarkshire | 23 | 14 | 60.9% | 0 | 268 | 51 | 234 |
Greater Glasgow | 57 | 38 | 66.7% | 0 | 252 | 41 | 128 |
*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.