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"
Melanoma - 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 | 89 | 76 | 85.4% | 0 | 195 | 25 | 70 |
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NOSCAN | 24 | 21 | 87.5% | 0 | 107 | 27 | 95 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 11 | 8 | 72.7% | 0 | 107 | 31 | 107 |
Highland | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 0 | 21 | n/a | 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 | 11 | 11 | 100.0% | 0 | 62 | 7 | 58 |
Western Isles | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 29 | 25 | 86.2% | 6 | 127 | 21 | 70 |
Borders | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 14 | 25 | 21 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 11 | 42 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 6 | 127 | 14 | n/a |
Lothian | 19 | 16 | 84.2% | 10 | 76 | 21 | 70 |
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WOSCAN | 36 | 30 | 83.3% | 0 | 195 | 26 | 71 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | 1 | 61 | 17 | 59 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 0 | 16 | 8 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 25 | 41 | 33 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 9 | 4 | 44.4% | 0 | 195 | 63 | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | 6 | 77 | 32 | 73 |
*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