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) |
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Scotland | 501 | 385 | 76.8% | 2 | 291 | 37 | 81 | 102 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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