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Upper GI Q2 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"

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)

Scotland

204

167

81.9%

1

158

40

73

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

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

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

Page updated: Monday, November 27, 2006