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"
Head and Neck - 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 | 118 | 80 | 67.8% | 7 | 223 | 53 | 88 |
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NOSCAN | 29 | 22 | 75.9% | 8 | 119 | 43 | 88 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 16 | 11 | 68.8% | 8 | 119 | 41 | 113 |
Highland | 7 | 5 | 71.4% | 28 | 88 | 45 | n/a |
Orkney | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 52 | 52 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 15 | 53 | 28 | n/a |
Western Isles | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 32 | 24 | 75.0% | 7 | 95 | 56 | 83 |
Borders | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 22 | 53 | 31 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 62 | 62 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 18 | 71 | 56 | n/a |
Lothian | 22 | 15 | 68.2% | 7 | 95 | 57 | 87 |
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WOSCAN | 57 | 34 | 59.6% | 9 | 223 | 50 | 117 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 49 | 54 | n/a | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 9 | 2 | 22.2% | 31 | 116 | 79 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 12 | 77 | 68 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | 21 | 162 | 58 | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 35 | 25 | 71.4% | 9 | 223 | 48 | 102 |
*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.