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 cancer - period of diagnosis: October
1 - December 31, 2004
| COLORECTAL | | Number of eligible GP urgent
referrals* | Number treated within two months (62 days)
of referral | Compliance with two month urgent referral
to treatment target (in per cent) |
| | | | |
| Scotland | 171 | 98 | 57.3 |
| | | | |
|
NOSCAN | 55 | 33 | 60 |
| Grampian (includes Orkney and
Shetland) | 15 | 8 | 53.3 |
| Highland | 10 | 5 | 50 |
| Tayside | 30 | 20 | 66.7 |
| | | | |
|
SCAN | 53 | 38 | 71.7 |
| Borders | 3 | 3 | 100 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 6 | 4 | 66.7 |
| Fife | 10 | 6 | 60 |
| Lothian | 34 | 25 | 73.5 |
| | | | |
|
WOSCAN | 63 | 27 | 42.9 |
| Argyll & Clyde | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 6 | 2 | 33.3 |
| Forth Valley | 5 | 1 | 20.0 |
| Lanarkshire | 27 | 11 | 40.7 |
| North Glasgow | 18 | 11 | 61.1 |
| South Glasgow | 5 | 2 | 40 |
| | | | |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving
treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical
delay and co-morbidities