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 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) | Man/aimum wait (Days) | Median wait (Days) | 90th Percentile (Days) |
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S cotland | 233 | 194 | 83.3% | 0 | 168 | 32 | 81 |
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NO S CAN | 65 | 54 | 83.1% | 0 | 125 | 26 | 72 |
Argyll & Clyde ( Highland ) | 1 | - | 0.0% | 91 | 91 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 32 | 28 | 87.5% | 0 | 98 | 25 | 69 |
Highland | 15 | 12 | 80.0% | 1 | 125 | 35 | 100 |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
S hetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 60 | 60 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 14 | 12 | 85.7% | 5 | 71 | 13 | 64 |
Western Isles | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 59 | 66 | n/a | n/a |
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S CAN | 67 | 60 | 89.6% | 3 | 91 | 38 | 71 |
Borders | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 12 | 35 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 8 | 7 | 87.5% | 19 | 91 | 47 | n/a |
Fife | 31 | 26 | 83.9% | 3 | 85 | 33 | 82 |
Lothian | 26 | 25 | 96.2% | 4 | 70 | 39 | 51 |
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WO S CAN | 101 | 80 | 79.2% | 2 | 168 | 32 | 94 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | 2 | 132 | 36 | 126 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 12 | 6 | 50.0% | 3 | 148 | 59 | 136 |
Forth Valley | 17 | 14 | 82.4% | 7 | 147 | 42 | 130 |
Lanarkshire | 12 | 5 | 41.7% | 4 | 168 | 64 | 163 |
Greater Glasgow | 50 | 47 | 94.0% | 3 | 104 | 22 | 59 |
*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 toa programme of quality improvementfocusing on consistency and coverage.
These improvements need to be taken in to account when making comparisons on quarter on quarter performance.