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".
Upper GI - period of diagnosis: 1 July to 30 September 2005
(Upper GI includes oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, liver, gall bladder, pancreas and other unspecified part of the biliary tract.)
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) |
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Scotland | 180 | 136 | 75.6% | 0 | 210 | 34 | 90 | 109 |
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NOSCAN | 67 | 52 | 77.6% | 0 | 130 | 38 | 97 | 110 |
Grampian | 24 | 19 | 79.2% | 1 | 105 | 46 | 77 | 99 |
Highland | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 10 | 111 | 18 | n/a | n/a |
Orkney | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 68 | 68 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 30 | 47 | 39 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 31 | 23 | 74.2% | 0 | 130 | 31 | 107 | 123 |
Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 8 | 50 | 29 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 16 | 14 | 87.5% | 1 | 90 | 18 | 74 | n/a |
Borders | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 6 | 50 | 16 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 13 | 67 | 40 | n/a | n/a |
Fife1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lothian | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | 1 | 90 | 18 | 86 | n/a |
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WOSCAN | 97 | 70 | 72.2% | 2 | 210 | 33 | 97 | 128 |
Argyll & Clyde1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ayrshire & Arran | 21 | 19 | 90.5% | 3 | 119 | 24 | 65 | 114 |
Forth Valley1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lanarkshire | 32 | 20 | 62.5% | 5 | 210 | 33 | 144 | 196 |
Greater Glasgow | 44 | 31 | 70.5% | 2 | 175 | 40 | 99 | 102 |
*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