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"
Head & Neck - 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) | Maximum wait (Days) | Median wait (Days) | 90th Percentile (Days) |
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Scotland | 103 | 78 | 75.7% | 1 | 205 | 54 | 107 |
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NOSCAN | 19 | 12 | 63.2% | 1 | 140 | 52 | 132 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 10 | 5 | 50.0% | 16 | 140 | 63 | 139 |
Highland | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 20 | 132 | 56 | n/a |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 1 | 59 | 26 | n/a |
Western Isles | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 29 | 27 | 93.1% | 20 | 80 | 56 | 62 |
Borders | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 40 | 58 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 35 | 35 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 42 | 62 | 56 | n/a |
Lothian | 17 | 15 | 88.2% | 20 | 80 | 56 | 70 |
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WOSCAN | 55 | 39 | 70.9% | 16 | 205 | 51 | 116 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | 16 | 60 | 34 | 60 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 10 | 5 | 50.0% | 25 | 119 | 66 | 116 |
Forth Valley | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 38 | 54 | 50 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 9 | 6 | 66.7% | 27 | 192 | 49 | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 23 | 15 | 65.2% | 28 | 205 | 57 | 160 |
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*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.