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 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 | 320 | 234 | 73.1% | 0 | 350 | 40 | 96 |
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NOSCAN | 73 | 52 | 71.2% | 0 | 233 | 39 | 118 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 4 | 4 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 26 | 13 | 50.0% | 0 | 186 | 61 | 171 |
Highland | 13 | 8 | 61.5% | 0 | 233 | 50 | 187 |
Orkney | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 36 | 36 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 30 | 27 | 90.0% | 0 | 148 | 16 | 65 |
Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 11 | 41 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 75 | 60 | 80.0% | 0 | 159 | 40 | 81 |
Borders | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 1 | 59 | 55 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 11 | 10 | 90.9% | 4 | 70 | 42 | 66 |
Fife | 17 | 17 | 100.0% | 1 | 61 | 36 | 60 |
Lothian | 44 | 30 | 68.2% | 0 | 159 | 48 | 87 |
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WOSCAN | 172 | 122 | 70.9% | 0 | 350 | 41 | 102 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 25 | 18 | 72.0% | 2 | 95 | 37 | 70 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 28 | 21 | 75.0% | 0 | 137 | 33 | 78 |
Forth Valley | 19 | 16 | 84.2% | 0 | 81 | 45 | 67 |
Lanarkshire | 44 | 25 | 56.8% | 0 | 350 | 24 | 168 |
Greater Glasgow | 56 | 42 | 75.0% | 0 | 162 | 45 | 93 |
*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.