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Ovarian 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"

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)

Scotland

67

64

95.5%

1

72

29

56

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

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

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.

Page updated: Friday, May 25, 2007