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"
Breast - 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 | 419 | 391 | 93.3% | 0 | 259 | 36 | 60 |
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NOSCAN | 105 | 93 | 88.6% | 4 | 132 | 41 | 66 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 49 | 49 | 100.0% | 22 | 62 | 43 | 59 |
Highland | 19 | 9 | 47.4% | 41 | 132 | 66 | 113 |
Orkney | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | 29 | 90 | 56 | n/a |
Tayside | 33 | 32 | 97.0% | 4 | 62 | 31 | 41 |
Western Isles | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 126 | 114 | 90.5% | 9 | 259 | 43 | 62 |
Borders | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 15 | 42 | 27 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 19 | 19 | 100.0% | 9 | 42 | 24 | 39 |
Fife | 21 | 21 | 100.0% | 20 | 57 | 42 | 54 |
Lothian | 81 | 69 | 85.2% | 20 | 259 | 52 | 68 |
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WOSCAN | 188 | 184 | 97.9% | 0 | 118 | 30 | 52 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 27 | 27 | 100.0% | 8 | 50 | 22 | 36 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 20 | 20 | 100.0% | 12 | 62 | 30 | 60 |
Forth Valley | 27 | 27 | 100.0% | 9 | 60 | 42 | 56 |
Lanarkshire | 38 | 35 | 92.1% | 0 | 118 | 25 | 57 |
Greater Glasgow | 76 | 75 | 98.7% | 2 | 65 | 31 | 48 |
*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.