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Lung Cancer Q1 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"

Lung - 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)

Scotland

528

454

86.0%

0

289

34

68

NOSCAN

106

94

88.7%

2

114

35

63

Argyll & Clyde (Highland)

3

1

33.3%

21

109

72

n/a

Grampian

43

42

97.7%

2

68

28

55

Highland

12

10

83.3%

10

114

29

102

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

48

41

85.4%

4

86

36

67

Western Isles

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

SCAN

145

130

89.7%

0

289

29

62

Borders

10

10

100.0%

25

58

44

57

Dumfries & Galloway

10

8

80.0%

15

80

30

79

Fife

54

48

88.9%

0

289

23

74

Lothian

71

64

90.1%

5

96

30

58

WOSCAN

277

230

83.0%

2

122

36

71

Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow)

44

39

88.6%

2

102

28

66

Ayrshire & Arran

48

45

93.8%

5

84

28

58

Forth Valley

26

16

61.5%

8

122

50

85

Lanarkshire

58

46

79.3%

6

119

43

81

Greater Glasgow

101

84

83.2%

2

118

37

77



*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.

Page updated: Tuesday, August 29, 2006