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Lung Q4 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 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)

Scotland

496

442

89.1%

0

155

34

62

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

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

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.

Page updated: Friday, May 25, 2007