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"
Colorectal 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 | 385 | 313 | 81.3% | 0 | 209 | 38 | 88 |
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NOSCAN | 114 | 98 | 86.0% | 0 | 209 | 34 | 77 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 3 | 32 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 38 | 27 | 71.1% | 0 | 209 | 43 | 94 |
Highland | 26 | 25 | 96.2% | 1 | 81 | 41 | 56 |
Orkney | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 7 | 60 | 36 | n/a |
Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 36 | 34 | 94.4% | 1 | 83 | 20 | 61 |
Western Isles | 8 | 6 | 75.0% | 5 | 124 | 52 | n/a |
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SCAN | 110 | 82 | 74.5% | 1 | 206 | 42 | 121 |
Borders | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 8 | 62 | 29 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 9 | 8 | 88.9% | 1 | 66 | 44 | n/a |
Fife | 21 | 20 | 95.2% | 1 | 79 | 23 | 53 |
Lothian | 74 | 48 | 64.9% | 1 | 206 | 47 | 131 |
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WOSCAN | 161 | 133 | 82.6% | 0 | 161 | 37 | 83 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 25 | 24 | 96.0% | 0 | 66 | 34 | 52 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 19 | 17 | 89.5% | 0 | 108 | 19 | 82 |
Forth Valley | 21 | 20 | 95.2% | 1 | 76 | 48 | 62 |
Lanarkshire | 34 | 23 | 67.6% | 1 | 140 | 52 | 108 |
Greater Glasgow | 62 | 49 | 79.0% | 0 | 161 | 40 | 93 |
*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.