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Lung Cancer Waiting Times 2005 Q3 05

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 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)

Scotland

501

385

76.8%

2

291

37

81

102

NOSCAN

102

87

85.3%

4

101

28

71

80

Grampian

39

36

92.3%

5

81

20

55

70

Highland

16

13

81.3%

4

92

45

79

n/a

Orkney

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Shetland

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Tayside

47

38

80.9%

4

101

34

72

95

Western Isles

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

SCAN

117

91

77.8%

2

213

37

79

108

Borders

7

5

71.4%

11

76

39

n/a

n/a

Dumfries & Galloway 1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Fife

39

30

76.9%

2

159

32

101

119

Lothian

71

56

78.9%

3

213

38

76

99

WOSCAN

282

207

73.4%

2

291

41

87

112

Argyll & Clyde

35

20

57.1%

6

82

45

76

81

Ayrshire & Arran

50

43

86.0%

6

119

29

87

116

Forth Valley

22

18

81.8%

7

97

49

77

94

Lanarkshire

59

44

74.6%

6

160

43

99

131

Greater Glasgow

116

82

70.7%

2

291

42

95

123

*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 Unable to provide comparable data for inclusion in this report

Page updated: Monday, March 6, 2006