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"
All cancers - 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 | 2,131 | 1,672 | 78.5% | 0 | 349 | 37 | 86 |
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NOSCAN | 538 | 414 | 77.0% | 0 | 321 | 40 | 89 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | 15 | 109 | 45 | n/a |
Grampian | 232 | 176 | 75.9% | 0 | 270 | 40 | 90 |
Highland | 74 | 55 | 74.3% | 0 | 225 | 40 | 93 |
Orkney | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 25 | 132 | 32 | n/a |
Shetland | 10 | 6 | 60.0% | 5 | 148 | 58 | 141 |
Tayside | 198 | 160 | 80.8% | 0 | 321 | 40 | 84 |
Western Isles | 13 | 10 | 76.9% | 1 | 104 | 46 | 97 |
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SCAN | 609 | 502 | 82.4% | 0 | 317 | 36 | 76 |
Borders | 56 | 47 | 83.9% | 4 | 148 | 41 | 73 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 59 | 51 | 86.4% | 2 | 103 | 27 | 70 |
Fife | 154 | 121 | 78.6% | 0 | 289 | 39 | 80 |
Lothian | 340 | 283 | 83.2% | 0 | 317 | 36 | 77 |
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WOSCAN | 984 | 756 | 76.8% | 0 | 349 | 36 | 93 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 137 | 111 | 81.0% | 0 | 168 | 34 | 82 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 163 | 138 | 84.7% | 0 | 128 | 32 | 77 |
Forth Valley | 108 | 70 | 64.8% | 1 | 274 | 42 | 116 |
Lanarkshire | 200 | 144 | 72.0% | 0 | 268 | 39 | 105 |
Greater Glasgow | 376 | 293 | 77.9% | 0 | 349 | 38 | 98 |
*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.