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"
Lymphoma - 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 | 91 | 74 | 81.3% | 0 | 156 | 37 | 82 |
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NOSCAN | 21 | 18 | 85.7% | 1 | 149 | 33 | 69 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 9 | 7 | 77.8% | 11 | 149 | 47 | n/a |
Highland | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 1 | 37 | 22 | n/a |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 10 | 57 | 18 | n/a |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 38 | 38 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 28 | 25 | 89.3% | 0 | 119 | 37 | 68 |
Borders | 1 | - | 0.0% | 93 | 93 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 15 | 47 | 44 | n/a |
Fife | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 1 | 61 | 47 | n/a |
Lothian | 17 | 15 | 88.2% | 0 | 119 | 27 | 79 |
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WOSCAN | 42 | 31 | 73.8% | 4 | 156 | 38 | 91 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 32 | 57 | 37 | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 10 | 8 | 80.0% | 4 | 79 | 38 | 78 |
Forth Valley | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 15 | 54 | 36 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 11 | 6 | 54.5% | 22 | 156 | 53 | 144 |
Greater Glasgow | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | 15 | 138 | 31 | 132 |
*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.