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 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 | 116 | 79 | 68.1% | 2 | 349 | 48 | 125 |
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NOSCAN | 24 | 17 | 70.8% | 2 | 148 | 44 | 118 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 13 | 9 | 69.2% | 2 | 105 | 47 | 101 |
Highland | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 7 | 59 | 19 | n/a |
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 | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | 30 | 148 | 60 | n/a |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 24 | 24 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 38 | 30 | 78.9% | 4 | 317 | 46 | 85 |
Borders | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 7 | 57 | 23 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 14 | 38 | 26 | n/a |
Fife | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | 4 | 62 | 46 | 62 |
Lothian | 21 | 13 | 61.9% | 8 | 317 | 52 | 122 |
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WOSCAN | 54 | 32 | 59.3% | 6 | 349 | 54 | 135 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 7 | 61 | 47 | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 36 | 128 | 45 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 12 | 6 | 50.0% | 26 | 167 | 56 | 165 |
Lanarkshire | 11 | 6 | 54.5% | 6 | 105 | 53 | 103 |
Greater Glasgow | 18 | 8 | 44.4% | 10 | 349 | 66 | 186 |
*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.