Cancer in Scotland: Action for Change set a target that "the maximum wait from urgent referral to treatment for all cancers will be two months"
All Cancers Combined - period of diagnosis: 1 January to 31 March 2007
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 wait (Days) | Maximum wait (Days) | Median wait (Days) | 90th Percentile (Days) |
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Scotland | 2,088 | 1,764 | 84.5% | 0 | 220 | 35 | 73 |
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NOSCAN | 524 | 454 | 86.6% | 0 | 201 | 37 | 70 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 7 | 7 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 180 | 163 | 90.6% | 0 | 167 | 36 | 61 |
Highland | 110 | 81 | 73.6% | 0 | 112 | 48 | 90 |
Orkney | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 0 | 51 | 32 | n/a |
Shetland | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 0 | 58 | 36 | n/a |
Tayside | 211 | 188 | 89.1% | 0 | 201 | 34 | 62 |
Western Isles | 13 | 12 | 92.3% | 1 | 67 | 38 | 63 |
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SCAN | 550 | 458 | 83.3% | 0 | 182 | 36 | 77 |
Borders | 40 | 36 | 90.0% | 0 | 149 | 36 | 66 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 58 | 50 | 86.2% | 0 | 128 | 29 | 71 |
Fife | 151 | 130 | 86.1% | 0 | 127 | 37 | 74 |
Lothian | 301 | 242 | 80.4% | 0 | 182 | 39 | 81 |
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WOSCAN | 1,014 | 852 | 84.0% | 0 | 220 | 33 | 73 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 125 | 112 | 89.6% | 0 | 131 | 28 | 62 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 140 | 122 | 87.1% | 0 | 138 | 35 | 68 |
Forth Valley | 125 | 112 | 89.6% | 0 | 117 | 39 | 63 |
Lanarkshire | 209 | 147 | 70.3% | 0 | 220 | 35 | 96 |
Greater Glasgow | 415 | 359 | 86.5% | 1 | 153 | 32 | 68 |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay, co-morbidities, clinical reasons and initially referred to another non-cancer specialty.
n/a: Not applicable due to small numbers
Cancer waiting times statistics are subject to a programme of quality improvement focusing on consistency and coverage.
These improvements need to be taken in to account when making comparisons on quarter on quarter performance.