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 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 | 76 | 72 | 94.7% | 0 | 81 | 33 | 56 |
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NOSCAN | 19 | 18 | 94.7% | 0 | 73 | 23 | 62 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 3 | 37 | 23 | n/a |
Highland | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 0 | 48 | 38 | 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 | 8 | 7 | 87.5% | 1 | 73 | 19 | n/a |
Western Isles | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 25 | 24 | 96.0% | 2 | 70 | 34 | 52 |
Borders | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 27 | 44 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 13 | 13 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 32 | 70 | 39 | n/a |
Lothian | 15 | 15 | 100.0% | 2 | 51 | 25 | 46 |
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WOSCAN | 32 | 30 | 93.8% | 1 | 81 | 37 | 60 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 14 | 56 | 34 | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 46 | 46 | n/a | n/a |
Forth Valley | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 26 | 45 | 43 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 5 | 81 | 23 | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 15 | 14 | 93.3% | 1 | 65 | 36 | 63 |
*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.