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".
Lung - period of diagnosis: 1 April to 30 June, 2005
| Number of eligible GP urgent referrals* | Number treated within 2 months (62 days) of referral | % compliance with 2 month urgent referral to treatment target |
Scotland | 348 | 245 | 70.4% |
| | | |
NOSCAN | 90 | 68 | 75.6% |
Grampian | 38 | 36 | 94.7% |
Highland | 11 | 6 | 54.5% |
Orkney | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
Shetland1 | - | - | - |
Tayside | 40 | 25 | 62.5% |
Western Isles | 0 | - | n/a |
| | | |
SCAN | 86 | 63 | 73.3% |
Borders | 7 | 6 | 85.7% |
Dumfries & Galloway | 11 | 9 | 81.8% |
Fife | 22 | 12 | 54.5% |
Lothian | 46 | 36 | 78.3% |
| | | |
WOSCAN | 172 | 114 | 66.3% |
Argyll & Clyde | 25 | 5 | 20.0% |
Ayrshire & Arran | 28 | 20 | 71.4% |
Forth Valley | 12 | 8 | 66.7% |
Lanarkshire | 28 | 24 | 85.7% |
Greater Glasgow | 79 | 57 | 72.2% |
*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
1 Shetland was unable to provide comparable data for inclusion in this report