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 April to 30 June 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 | 204 | 167 | 81.9% | 1 | 158 | 40 | 73 |
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NOSCAN | 64 | 52 | 81.3% | 1 | 126 | 39 | 76 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 22 | 19 | 86.4% | 2 | 84 | 40 | 66 |
Highland | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 19 | 74 | 45 | n/a |
Orkney | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 21 | 21 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 32 | 26 | 81.3% | 1 | 126 | 34 | 90 |
Western Isles | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 50 | 124 | 54 | n/a |
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SCAN | 61 | 51 | 83.6% | 1 | 105 | 40 | 67 |
Borders | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 47 | 47 | 47 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 1 | 103 | 28 | n/a |
Fife | 21 | 17 | 81.0% | 2 | 105 | 41 | 81 |
Lothian | 33 | 28 | 84.8% | 7 | 92 | 40 | 67 |
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WOSCAN | 79 | 64 | 81.0% | 1 | 158 | 42 | 77 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | 9 | 95 | 51 | 93 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 11 | 8 | 72.7% | 13 | 158 | 40 | 145 |
Forth Valley | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | 5 | 111 | 47 | 108 |
Lanarkshire | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Greater Glasgow | 48 | 42 | 87.5% | 1 | 89 | 35 | 67 |
*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