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) |
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Scotland | 98 | 75 | 76.5% | 10 | 161 | 48 | 78 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.