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 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 | 67 | 64 | 95.5% | 1 | 72 | 29 | 56 |
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NOSCAN | 29 | 28 | 96.6% | 1 | 72 | 30 | 57 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 44 | 44 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 6 | 57 | 13 | n/a |
Highland | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 1 | 48 | 22 | 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 | 12 | 11 | 91.7% | 3 | 72 | 36 | 69 |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 26 | 26 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 12 | 11 | 91.7% | 9 | 68 | 42 | 64 |
Borders | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 9 | 56 | 19 | n/a |
Lothian | 9 | 8 | 88.9% | 13 | 68 | 43 | n/a |
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WOSCAN | 26 | 25 | 96.2% | 5 | 64 | 28 | 58 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 56 | 62 | n/a | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 5 | 43 | 20 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 9 | 39 | 22 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | 27 | 64 | 52 | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 20 | 55 | 25 | n/a |
*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.