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 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 | 120 | 106 | 88.3% | 2 | 138 | 39 | 70 |
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NOSCAN | 34 | 32 | 94.1% | 2 | 79 | 29 | 58 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 13 | 11 | 84.6% | 2 | 79 | 33 | 77 |
Highland | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 25 | 53 | 37 | 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 | 13 | 13 | 100.0% | 5 | 51 | 21 | 50 |
Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 29 | 49 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 37 | 33 | 89.2% | 3 | 110 | 39 | 76 |
Borders | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 20 | 20 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 3 | 102 | 18 | n/a |
Fife | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 16 | 46 | 30 | n/a |
Lothian | 22 | 20 | 90.9% | 15 | 110 | 40 | 66 |
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WOSCAN | 49 | 41 | 83.7% | 11 | 138 | 44 | 80 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 24 | 92 | 36 | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 28 | 50 | 42 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 35 | 76 | 52 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 11 | 9 | 81.8% | 11 | 83 | 57 | 82 |
Greater Glasgow | 20 | 18 | 90.0% | 14 | 138 | 42 | 85 |
*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.