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 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 | 90 | 71 | 78.9% | 1 | 307 | 37 | 93 |
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NOSCAN | 27 | 22 | 81.5% | 11 | 237 | 31 | 94 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 7 | 5 | 71.4% | 14 | 237 | 39 | n/a |
Highland | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | 11 | 104 | 38 | 100 |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 15 | 56 | 27 | n/a |
Western Isles | 1 | - | 0.0% | 69 | 69 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 23 | 19 | 82.6% | 10 | 307 | 38 | 97 |
Borders | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 36 | 60 | 38 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 19 | 60 | 26 | n/a |
Fife | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 12 | 64 | 34 | n/a |
Lothian | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | 10 | 307 | 45 | 286 |
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WOSCAN | 40 | 30 | 75.0% | 1 | 208 | 42 | 128 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | 25 | 160 | 35 | 150 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | 24 | 91 | 57 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 47 | 47 | n/a | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 11 | 9 | 81.8% | 1 | 127 | 54 | 120 |
Greater Glasgow | 13 | 8 | 61.5% | 2 | 208 | 31 | 187 |
*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
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.