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"
Urology - 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 | 244 | 165 | 67.6% | 1 | 237 | 44 | 108 |
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NOSCAN | 60 | 40 | 66.7% | 2 | 185 | 42 | 96 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 25 | 14 | 56.0% | 2 | 169 | 51 | 117 |
Highland | 16 | 10 | 62.5% | 3 | 185 | 35 | 154 |
Orkney | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 20 | 20 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 18 | 15 | 83.3% | 7 | 94 | 24 | 87 |
Western Isles | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 66 | 48 | 72.7% | 1 | 172 | 44 | 123 |
Borders | 11 | 6 | 54.5% | 3 | 157 | 55 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 21 | 46 | 25 | n/a |
Fife | 13 | 10 | 76.9% | 26 | 121 | 46 | 117 |
Lothian | 37 | 27 | 73.0% | 1 | 172 | 40 | 161 |
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WOSCAN | 118 | 77 | 65.3% | 1 | 237 | 49 | 103 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 14 | 10 | 71.4% | 3 | 76 | 52 | 75 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 22 | 17 | 77.3% | 2 | 141 | 27 | 111 |
Forth Valley | 23 | 13 | 56.5% | 1 | 103 | 56 | 101 |
Lanarkshire | 15 | 9 | 60.0% | 5 | 237 | 55 | 214 |
Greater Glasgow | 44 | 28 | 63.6% | 1 | 214 | 35 | 154 |
*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