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 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 | 537 | 458 | 85.3% | 0 | 167 | 34 | 73 |
| | | | | | | |
NOSCAN | 94 | 91 | 96.8% | 2 | 111 | 28 | 56 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 47 | 55 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 37 | 37 | 100.0% | 2 | 59 | 20 | 48 |
Highland | 15 | 14 | 93.3% | 12 | 92 | 33 | 68 |
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 | 40 | 38 | 95.0% | 4 | 111 | 35 | 61 |
Western Isles | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| | | | | | | |
SCAN | 157 | 129 | 82.2% | 0 | 136 | 32 | 80 |
Borders | 13 | 13 | 100.0% | 14 | 56 | 27 | 50 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 20 | 18 | 90.0% | 7 | 63 | 28 | 58 |
Fife | 41 | 34 | 82.9% | 0 | 119 | 35 | 72 |
Lothian | 83 | 64 | 77.1% | 3 | 136 | 32 | 93 |
| | | | | | | |
WOSCAN | 286 | 238 | 83.2% | 0 | 167 | 38 | 75 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 34 | 24 | 70.6% | 4 | 138 | 33 | 105 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 51 | 48 | 94.1% | 0 | 75 | 27 | 55 |
Forth Valley | 21 | 18 | 85.7% | 26 | 78 | 48 | 73 |
Lanarkshire | 53 | 42 | 79.2% | 0 | 128 | 39 | 78 |
Greater Glasgow | 127 | 106 | 83.5% | 7 | 167 | 41 | 80 |
*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.