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 July to 30 September 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 | 255 | 218 | 85.5% | 0 | 192 | 32 | 72 |
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NOSCAN | 88 | 76 | 86.4% | 1 | 168 | 32 | 69 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 58 | 80 | 69 | n/a |
Grampian | 42 | 34 | 81.0% | 2 | 168 | 36 | 80 |
Highland | 17 | 15 | 88.2% | 7 | 71 | 43 | 69 |
Orkney | 1 | 1 | 100% | 24 | 24 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 25 | 24 | 96.0% | 1 | 103 | 23 | 57 |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 24 | 24 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 49 | 43 | 87.8% | 0 | 144 | 25 | 66 |
Borders | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 7 | 53 | 10 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Fife | 23 | 22 | 95.7% | 0 | 95 | 30 | 56 |
Lothian | 22 | 17 | 77.3% | 0 | 144 | 29 | 103 |
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WOSCAN | 118 | 99 | 83.9% | 1 | 192 | 32 | 85 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 18 | 16 | 88.9% | 7 | 95 | 30 | 65 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 18 | 16 | 88.9% | 2 | 88 | 33 | 84 |
Forth Valley | 13 | 10 | 76.9% | 4 | 111 | 41 | 103 |
Lanarkshire | 23 | 11 | 47.8% | 8 | 192 | 65 | 138 |
Greater Glasgow | 46 | 46 | 100.0% | 1 | 62 | 24 | 53 |
*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
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.