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"
Ovarian - period of diagnosis: 1 July to 30 Sept 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 | 81 | 75 | 92.6% | 1 | 143 | 27 | 59 |
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NOSCAN | 30 | 29 | 96.7% | 3 | 97 | 27 | 56 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 11 | 11 | 100.0% | 9 | 52 | 20 | 49 |
Highland | 8 | 7 | 87.5% | 3 | 97 | 35 | 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% | 7 | 59 | 31 | 58 |
Western Isles | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 24 | 23 | 95.8% | 1 | 76 | 19 | 59 |
Borders | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 16 | 62 | 27 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 28 | 28 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 14 | 21 | 17 | n/a |
Lothian | 15 | 14 | 93.3% | 1 | 76 | 19 | 63 |
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WOSCAN | 27 | 23 | 85.2% | 2 | 143 | 35 | 81 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 20 | 27 | 24 | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 14 | 53 | 28 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 24 | 45 | 35 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | 28 | 143 | 64 | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | 2 | 45 | 34 | 45 |
*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
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.