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"
Breast - 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 | 388 | 347 | 89.4% | 0 | 188 | 37 | 63 |
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NOSCAN | 98 | 77 | 78.6% | 0 | 123 | 48 | 77 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 46 | 38 | 82.6% | 22 | 99 | 44 | 70 |
Highland | 12 | 9 | 75.0% | 27 | 83 | 57 | 82 |
Orkney | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 25 | 28 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | 60 | 79 | 68 | n/a |
Tayside | 31 | 26 | 83.9% | 0 | 123 | 48 | 73 |
Western Isles | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 60 | 87 | 76 | n/a |
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SCAN | 125 | 115 | 92.0% | 8 | 99 | 36 | 61 |
Borders | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | 26 | 49 | 35 | 48 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 21 | 20 | 95.2% | 8 | 70 | 22 | 57 |
Fife | 23 | 17 | 73.9% | 29 | 99 | 57 | 83 |
Lothian | 71 | 68 | 95.8% | 11 | 89 | 36 | 57 |
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WOSCAN | 165 | 155 | 93.9% | 0 | 188 | 33 | 57 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 21 | 21 | 100.0% | 0 | 42 | 20 | 39 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 31 | 27 | 87.1% | 10 | 92 | 32 | 69 |
Forth Valley | 15 | 13 | 86.7% | 17 | 110 | 35 | 96 |
Lanarkshire | 39 | 36 | 92.3% | 2 | 188 | 31 | 60 |
Greater Glasgow | 59 | 58 | 98.3% | 12 | 81 | 36 | 56 |
*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.