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"
Lung - 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 | 557 | 484 | 86.9% | 0 | 122 | 35 | 68 |
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NOSCAN | 107 | 98 | 91.6% | 3 | 98 | 29 | 60 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 42 | 42 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 46 | 43 | 93.5% | 6 | 85 | 22 | 53 |
Highland | 20 | 19 | 95.0% | 3 | 98 | 35 | 59 |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 39 | 34 | 87.2% | 8 | 82 | 34 | 70 |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 37 | 37 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 169 | 150 | 88.8% | 0 | 122 | 34 | 77 |
Borders | 13 | 12 | 92.3% | 1 | 76 | 31 | 68 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 12 | 7 | 58.3% | 3 | 104 | 56 | 98 |
Fife | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | 0 | 104 | 29 | 79 |
Lothian | 94 | 87 | 92.6% | 0 | 122 | 35 | 62 |
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WOSCAN | 281 | 236 | 84.0% | 1 | 122 | 38 | 71 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 53 | 48 | 90.6% | 2 | 84 | 35 | 65 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 48 | 43 | 89.6% | 1 | 121 | 38 | 64 |
Forth Valley | 26 | 25 | 96.2% | 9 | 65 | 37 | 51 |
Lanarkshire | 48 | 37 | 77.1% | 5 | 103 | 36 | 70 |
Greater Glasgow | 106 | 83 | 78.3% | 2 | 122 | 44 | 77 |
*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.