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Ovarian 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".

Ovarian - period of diagnosis: 1 July to 30 September 2005

Area of diagnosis

Number of eligible GP 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

86

79

91.9%

2

125

28

60

73

NOSCAN

20

20

100.0%

4

59

21

54

59

Grampian

9

9

100.0%

4

56

15

n/a

n/a

Highland

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

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

11

11

100.0%

13

59

27

55

n/a

Western Isles

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

SCAN

23

23

100.0%

2

50

23

47

49

Borders

1

1

100.0%

32

32

n/a

n/a

n/a

Dumfries & Galloway

2

2

100.0%

8

39

24

n/a

n/a

Fife

6

6

100.0%

2

50

26

n/a

n/a

Lothian

14

14

100.0%

9

47

15

47

n/a

WOSCAN

43

36

83.7%

4

125

33

73

95

Argyll & Clyde

10

9

90.0%

16

65

41

64

n/a

Ayrshire & Arran

8

6

75.0%

10

99

30

n/a

n/a

Forth Valley

1

1

100.0%

13

13

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lanarkshire

7

6

85.7%

4

77

48

n/a

n/a

Greater Glasgow

17

14

82.4%

8

125

33

84

n/a



*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

Page updated: Monday, March 6, 2006