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) |
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Scotland | 528 | 454 | 86.0% | 0 | 289 | 34 | 68 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.