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"
Ovarian - 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 | 79 | 72 | 91.1% | 0 | 91 | 28 | 57 |
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NOSCAN | 22 | 20 | 90.9% | 0 | 91 | 36 | 69 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 1 | 56 | 16 | n/a |
Highland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 11 | 9 | 81.8% | 12 | 91 | 46 | 88 |
Western Isles | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 24 | 21 | 87.5% | 2 | 66 | 31 | 65 |
Borders | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 20 | 21 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | 14 | 64 | 34 | 63 |
Lothian | 12 | 10 | 83.3% | 2 | 66 | 25 | 66 |
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WOSCAN | 33 | 31 | 93.9% | 1 | 64 | 25 | 55 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 1 | 17 | 11 | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 25 | 53 | n/a | n/a |
Forth Valley | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 17 | 53 | 27 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 7 | 5 | 71.4% | 16 | 64 | 46 | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 14 | 14 | 100.0% | 1 | 56 | 26 | 56 |
*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.