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"
Upper GI - period of diagnosis: 1 January to 31 March 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 | 235 | 179 | 76.2% | 0 | 274 | 34 | 87 |
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NOSCAN | 65 | 48 | 73.8% | 1 | 171 | 32 | 110 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 28 | 21 | 75.0% | 1 | 169 | 26 | 115 |
Highland | 11 | 8 | 72.7% | 2 | 171 | 35 | 155 |
Orkney | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 32 | 132 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 23 | 17 | 73.9% | 3 | 117 | 35 | 87 |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 57 | 57 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 73 | 54 | 74.0% | 2 | 116 | 36 | 94 |
Borders | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | 18 | 76 | 38 | 75 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 14 | 103 | 36 | n/a |
Fife | 21 | 10 | 47.6% | 2 | 109 | 61 | 106 |
Lothian | 35 | 30 | 85.7% | 5 | 116 | 35 | 84 |
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WOSCAN | 97 | 77 | 79.4% | 0 | 274 | 32 | 76 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 14 | 11 | 78.6% | 7 | 106 | 42 | 98 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 13 | 12 | 92.3% | 0 | 67 | 28 | 55 |
Forth Valley | 15 | 8 | 53.3% | 3 | 274 | 59 | 231 |
Lanarkshire | 24 | 18 | 75.0% | 5 | 71 | 28 | 67 |
Greater Glasgow | 31 | 28 | 90.3% | 1 | 112 | 30 | 68 |
*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.