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Head & Neck Q3 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"

Head & Neck - 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)

Scotland

98

75

76.5%

10

161

48

78

NOSCAN

17

13

76.5%

10

161

43

133

Argyll & Clyde (Highland)

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Grampian

4

3

75.0%

33

161

51

n/a

Highland

7

5

71.4%

11

126

35

n/a

Orkney

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Shetland

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Tayside

6

5

83.3%

10

77

43

n/a

Western Isles

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

SCAN

28

19

67.9%

13

132

52

77

Borders

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Dumfries & Galloway

3

2

66.7%

15

106

49

n/a

Fife

12

8

66.7%

13

132

52

115

Lothian

13

9

69.2%

42

71

54

68

WOSCAN

53

43

81.1%

10

93

47

77

Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow)

9

7

77.8%

16

93

30

n/a

Ayrshire & Arran

4

2

50.0%

39

75

56

n/a

Forth Valley

3

3

100.0%

45

62

50

n/a

Lanarkshire

9

8

88.9%

10

69

34

n/a

Greater Glasgow

28

23

82.1%

13

82

47

78

*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.

Page updated: Monday, February 26, 2007