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 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 | 258 | 179 | 69.4% | 1 | 259 | 40 | 112 |
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NOSCAN | 64 | 43 | 67.2% | 1 | 166 | 37 | 115 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 26 | 17 | 65.4% | 1 | 126 | 36 | 116 |
Highland | 20 | 11 | 55.0% | 2 | 166 | 54 | 149 |
Orkney | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 48 | 48 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 16 | 14 | 87.5% | 7 | 116 | 31 | 80 |
Western Isles | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 62 | 43 | 69.4% | 3 | 158 | 41 | 108 |
Borders | 11 | 2 | 18.2% | 14 | 158 | 100 | 155 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 9 | 8 | 88.9% | 10 | 70 | 29 | n/a |
Fife | 12 | 11 | 91.7% | 9 | 74 | 33 | 68 |
Lothian | 30 | 22 | 73.3% | 3 | 138 | 41 | 109 |
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WOSCAN | 132 | 93 | 70.5% | 1 | 259 | 41 | 119 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 17 | 15 | 88.2% | 6 | 68 | 36 | 66 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 29 | 26 | 89.7% | 5 | 157 | 36 | 64 |
Forth Valley | 16 | 6 | 37.5% | 17 | 154 | 74 | 136 |
Lanarkshire | 18 | 9 | 50.0% | 1 | 197 | 39 | 186 |
Greater Glasgow | 52 | 37 | 71.2% | 2 | 259 | 45 | 127 |
*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.