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Melanoma Q4 06

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 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)

Scotland

102

89

87.3%

0

149

25

69

NOSCAN

21

18

85.7%

0

73

21

69

Argyll & Clyde (Highland)

-

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Grampian

11

9

81.8%

0

73

29

72

Highland

4

3

75.0%

0

68

2

n/a

Orkney

-

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Shetland

-

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Tayside

6

6

100.0%

7

50

18

n/a

Western Isles

-

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

SCAN

34

32

94.1%

0

116

16

44

Borders

2

2

100.0%

14

15

n/a

n/a

Dumfries & Galloway

3

3

100.0%

0

2

1

n/a

Fife

9

9

100.0%

8

49

16

n/a

Lothian

20

18

90.0%

1

116

22

80

WOSCAN

47

39

83.0%

0

149

30

72

Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow)

6

6

100.0%

10

56

26

n/a

Ayrshire & Arran

5

4

80.0%

0

149

0

n/a

Forth Valley

5

5

100.0%

0

36

8

n/a

Lanarkshire

10

9

90.0%

0

64

40

64

Greater Glasgow

21

15

71.4%

0

143

36

83

*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.

Page updated: Friday, May 25, 2007