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 April to 30 June 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 | 121 | 89 | 73.6% | 0 | 187 | 40 | 123 |
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NOSCAN | 34 | 26 | 76.5% | 0 | 149 | 40 | 118 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 15 | 12 | 80.0% | 13 | 149 | 43 | 135 |
Highland | 7 | 5 | 71.4% | 11 | 91 | 30 | n/a |
Orkney | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 0 | 51 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | 13 | 132 | 37 | 130 |
Western Isles | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 32 | 23 | 71.9% | 5 | 187 | 39 | 151 |
Borders | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 34 | 34 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | 6 | 106 | 41 | n/a |
Fife | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 14 | 29 | 23 | n/a |
Lothian | 24 | 16 | 66.7% | 5 | 187 | 40 | 153 |
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WOSCAN | 55 | 40 | 72.7% | 1 | 179 | 47 | 124 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 24 | 52 | 51 | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 9 | 5 | 55.6% | 33 | 179 | 59 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 20 | 152 | 45 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 16 | 13 | 81.3% | 1 | 125 | 32 | 91 |
Greater Glasgow | 20 | 13 | 65.0% | 1 | 178 | 52 | 145 |
*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