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Breast Q4 06

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 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)

Maximum wait (Days)

Median wait (Days)

90th Percentile (Days)

Scotland

394

378

95.9%

0

182

36

56

NOSCAN

100

94

94.0%

0

103

41

57

Argyll & Clyde (Highland)

-

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Grampian

25

25

100.0%

9

60

42

56

Highland

24

19

79.2%

29

103

52

79

Orkney

-

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Shetland

3

3

100.0%

35

49

35

n/a

Tayside

46

45

97.8%

0

57

31

50

Western Isles

2

2

100.0%

57

62

n/a

n/a

SCAN

112

108

96.4%

11

89

41

56

Borders

10

10

100.0%

22

50

34

49

Dumfries & Galloway

16

16

100.0%

11

47

31

44

Fife

27

25

92.6%

23

76

42

60

Lothian

59

57

96.6%

22

89

44

57

WOSCAN

182

176

96.7%

8

182

31

54

Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow)

34

34

100.0%

9

40

20

28

Ayrshire & Arran

38

34

89.5%

8

182

42

76

Forth Valley

18

17

94.4%

27

69

41

57

Lanarkshire

21

21

100.0%

13

56

23

41

Greater Glasgow

71

70

98.6%

8

86

35

55

*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.

Page updated: Friday, May 25, 2007