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 October to 31 December 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 | 496 | 442 | 89.1% | 0 | 155 | 34 | 62 |
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NOSCAN | 98 | 90 | 91.8% | 3 | 119 | 32 | 62 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 44 | 44 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 37 | 36 | 97.3% | 3 | 76 | 19 | 48 |
Highland | 15 | 11 | 73.3% | 6 | 119 | 42 | 105 |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 45 | 42 | 93.3% | 6 | 71 | 37 | 61 |
Western Isles | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 159 | 139 | 87.4% | 0 | 155 | 33 | 77 |
Borders | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 22 | 61 | 49 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | 6 | 91 | 20 | 91 |
Fife | 59 | 49 | 83.1% | 1 | 143 | 35 | 87 |
Lothian | 83 | 75 | 90.4% | 0 | 155 | 32 | 71 |
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WOSCAN | 239 | 213 | 89.1% | 0 | 136 | 36 | 62 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 44 | 34 | 77.3% | 2 | 133 | 29 | 79 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 55 | 51 | 92.7% | 0 | 136 | 31 | 61 |
Forth Valley | 28 | 27 | 96.4% | 9 | 66 | 38 | 61 |
Lanarkshire 1 | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 112 | 101 | 90.2% | 8 | 120 | 41 | 59 |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay, co-morbidities, clinical reasons and initially referred to another non-cancer speciality.
n/a: Not applicable due to small numbers.
1. Unable to provide comparable data for inclusion in this report.
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.