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 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 | 281 | 196 | 69.8% | 0 | 324 | 43 | 114 |
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NO SCAN | 64 | 42 | 65.6% | 0 | 147 | 47 | 95 |
Argyll & Clyde ( Highland) | 2 | - | 0.0% | 68 | 69 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 24 | 18 | 75.0% | 4 | 132 | 46 | 93 |
Highland | 13 | 8 | 61.5% | 0 | 128 | 53 | 117 |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
S hetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 24 | 16 | 66.7% | 1 | 147 | 41 | 95 |
Western Isles | 1 | - | 0.0% | 121 | 121 | n/a | n/a |
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S CAN | 61 | 43 | 70.5% | 1 | 155 | 33 | 109 |
Borders | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | 19 | 155 | 97 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 7 | 5 | 71.4% | 10 | 74 | 21 | n/a |
Fife | 20 | 17 | 85.0% | 2 | 117 | 29 | 102 |
Lothian | 25 | 18 | 72.0% | 1 | 116 | 44 | 88 |
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WO SCAN | 156 | 111 | 71.2% | 0 | 324 | 43 | 118 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 15 | 11 | 73.3% | 6 | 130 | 22 | 101 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 30 | 27 | 90.0% | 4 | 66 | 34 | 62 |
Forth Valley | 28 | 18 | 64.3% | 2 | 186 | 57 | 147 |
Lanarkshire | 36 | 14 | 38.9% | 6 | 324 | 64 | 226 |
Greater Glasgow | 47 | 41 | 87.2% | 0 | 86 | 37 | 73 |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay, co-morbidities, clinical reasons and initially referred to another non-cancer speciality.
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.