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".
Colorectal - period of diagnosis: 1 July to 30 September 2005
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 (Days) | Maximum (Days) | Median (Days) | 90th Percentile (Days) | 95th Percentile (Days) |
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Scotland | 313 | 209 | 66.8% | 0 | 286 | 33 | 109 | 132 |
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NOSCAN | 77 | 52 | 67.5% | 0 | 126 | 35 | 101 | 117 |
Grampian | 21 | 10 | 47.6% | 1 | 107 | 64 | 103 | 107 |
Highland | 18 | 11 | 61.1% | 3 | 126 | 46 | 122 | n/a |
Orkney | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 23 | 29 | 26 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 50 | 50 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 32 | 26 | 81.3% | 0 | 116 | 24 | 95 | 113 |
Western Isles | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 1 | 75 | 60 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 83 | 61 | 73.5% | 0 | 147 | 20 | 101 | 119 |
Borders | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | 20 | 115 | 59 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 11 | 8 | 72.7% | 0 | 122 | 48 | 111 | n/a |
Fife | 15 | 11 | 73.3% | 1 | 105 | 30 | 92 | n/a |
Lothian | 51 | 39 | 76.5% | 0 | 147 | 11 | 102 | 120 |
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WOSCAN | 153 | 96 | 62.7% | 0 | 286 | 38 | 130 | 190 |
Argyll & Clyde | 25 | 18 | 72.0% | 0 | 116 | 13 | 81 | 108 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 21 | 12 | 57.1% | 1 | 119 | 35 | 83 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 12 | 6 | 50.0% | 2 | 123 | 63 | 114 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 33 | 16 | 48.5% | 1 | 255 | 59 | 221 | 247 |
Greater Glasgow | 62 | 44 | 71.0% | 0 | 286 | 39 | 121 | 174 |
*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