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"
Urological - 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 | 288 | 175 | 60.8% | 1 | 303 | 48 | 124 |
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NOSCAN | 76 | 41 | 53.9% | 1 | 270 | 56 | 135 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 22 | 22 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 39 | 16 | 41.0% | 10 | 270 | 70 | 192 |
Highland | 10 | 2 | 20.0% | 27 | 225 | 86 | 218 |
Orkney | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 57 | 57 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 23 | 42 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 23 | 19 | 82.6% | 1 | 127 | 35 | 90 |
Western Isles | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 70 | 48 | 68.6% | 3 | 303 | 47 | 98 |
Borders | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 51 | 148 | 68 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Fife | 19 | 12 | 63.2% | 4 | 145 | 50 | 105 |
Lothian | 48 | 35 | 72.9% | 3 | 303 | 43 | 96 |
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WOSCAN | 142 | 86 | 60.6% | 2 | 235 | 45 | 125 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 18 | 10 | 55.6% | 3 | 168 | 54 | 145 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 32 | 26 | 81.3% | 6 | 125 | 35 | 95 |
Forth Valley | 19 | 12 | 63.2% | 2 | 123 | 42 | 120 |
Lanarkshire | 25 | 10 | 40.0% | 3 | 176 | 41 | 139 |
Greater Glasgow | 48 | 28 | 58.3% | 2 | 235 | 48 | 152 |
*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.