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"
Melanoma - 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 | 103 | 96 | 93.2% | 0 | 116 | 25 | 55 |
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NOSCAN | 34 | 32 | 94.1% | 0 | 116 | 26 | 53 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 4 | 4 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 11 | 11 | 100.0% | 0 | 51 | 28 | 51 |
Highland | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 0 | 54 | 20 | n/a |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 14 | 27 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 12 | 10 | 83.3% | 0 | 116 | 24 | 104 |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 48 | 48 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 26 | 24 | 92.3% | 0 | 71 | 22 | 53 |
Borders | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 37 | 37 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 6 | 71 | 12 | n/a |
Lothian | 17 | 17 | 100.0% | 5 | 57 | 25 | 51 |
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WOSCAN | 43 | 40 | 93.0% | 0 | 113 | 27 | 61 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 11 | 11 | 100.0% | 10 | 46 | 19 | 44 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 12 | 12 | 100.0% | 0 | 34 | 6 | 30 |
Forth Valley | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 18 | 34 | 20 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 12 | 63 | 47 | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 12 | 10 | 83.3% | 0 | 113 | 33 | 111 |
*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.