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 April - 30 June 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 | 2,305 | 2,013 | 87.3% | 0 | 209 | 36 | 70 |
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NOSCAN | 581 | 518 | 89.2% | 0 | 209 | 36 | 65 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 3 | 61 | 40 | n/a |
Grampian | 226 | 197 | 87.2% | 0 | 209 | 38 | 71 |
Highland | 108 | 103 | 95.4% | 0 | 98 | 41 | 60 |
Orkney | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 7 | 60 | 37 | n/a |
Shetland | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 15 | 102 | 39 | n/a |
Tayside | 213 | 189 | 88.7% | 0 | 157 | 31 | 66 |
Western Isles | 15 | 11 | 73.3% | 5 | 124 | 52 | 95 |
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SCAN | 679 | 588 | 86.6% | 0 | 206 | 36 | 76 |
Borders | 46 | 44 | 95.7% | 1 | 79 | 23 | 61 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 73 | 63 | 86.3% | 1 | 104 | 26 | 80 |
Fife | 164 | 144 | 87.8% | 0 | 104 | 34 | 71 |
Lothian | 396 | 337 | 85.1% | 0 | 206 | 41 | 78 |
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WOSCAN | 1,045 | 907 | 86.8% | 0 | 190 | 36 | 69 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 156 | 142 | 91.0% | 0 | 110 | 33 | 62 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 165 | 147 | 89.1% | 0 | 134 | 36 | 65 |
Forth Valley | 131 | 120 | 91.6% | 1 | 137 | 43 | 62 |
Lanarkshire | 186 | 140 | 75.3% | 0 | 190 | 35 | 85 |
Greater Glasgow | 407 | 358 | 88.0% | 0 | 161 | 36 | 66 |
*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
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.