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 July - 30 September 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 | 2,146 | 1,965 | 91.6% | 0 | 280 | 35 | 62 |
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NOSCAN | 511 | 479 | 93.7% | 0 | 203 | 35 | 61 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 4 | 67 | 30 | n/a |
Grampian | 207 | 197 | 95.2% | 0 | 203 | 36 | 58 |
Highland | 95 | 94 | 98.9% | 0 | 71 | 34 | 59 |
Orkney | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | 14 | 76 | 46 | n/a |
Shetland | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 11 | 54 | 21 | n/a |
Tayside | 183 | 165 | 90.2% | 0 | 118 | 33 | 64 |
Western Isles | 11 | 11 | 100.0% | 3 | 61 | 48 | 61 |
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SCAN | 633 | 575 | 90.8% | 0 | 280 | 35 | 62 |
Borders | 35 | 32 | 91.4% | 2 | 88 | 35 | 61 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 81 | 76 | 93.8% | 0 | 91 | 28 | 58 |
Fife | 173 | 159 | 91.9% | 0 | 143 | 34 | 61 |
Lothian | 344 | 308 | 89.5% | 0 | 280 | 37 | 68 |
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WOSCAN | 1,002 | 911 | 90.9% | 0 | 198 | 35 | 62 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 140 | 137 | 97.9% | 0 | 131 | 31 | 58 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 165 | 154 | 93.3% | 0 | 156 | 27 | 60 |
Forth Valley | 121 | 116 | 95.9% | 0 | 135 | 37 | 58 |
Lanarkshire | 220 | 184 | 83.6% | 0 | 198 | 36 | 77 |
Greater Glasgow | 356 | 320 | 89.9% | 0 | 177 | 38 | 62 |
*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.