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"
Lymphoma - 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) |
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Scotland | 96 | 68 | 70.8% | 4 | 368 | 30 | 101 |
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NOSCAN | 36 | 23 | 63.9% | 4 | 368 | 38 | 114 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 21 | 11 | 52.4% | 9 | 368 | 48 | 136 |
Highland | 11 | 8 | 72.7% | 4 | 64 | 32 | 64 |
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 | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 11 | 20 | 15 | n/a |
Western Isles | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 25 | 23 | 92.0% | 5 | 72 | 21 | 59 |
Borders | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | 14 | 63 | 21 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 9 | 23 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 5 | 57 | 22 | n/a |
Lothian | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | 14 | 72 | 20 | 68 |
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WOSCAN | 35 | 22 | 62.9% | 7 | 135 | 57 | 112 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 17 | 103 | 29 | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 9 | 6 | 66.7% | 7 | 135 | 39 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 26 | 26 | n/a | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 12 | 6 | 50.0% | 19 | 114 | 61 | 109 |
Greater Glasgow | 9 | 6 | 66.7% | 25 | 124 | 57 | n/a |
*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.