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"
Upper GI - 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 | 263 | 225 | 85.6% | 0 | 161 | 35 | 70 |
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NOSCAN | 83 | 68 | 81.9% | 2 | 161 | 36 | 89 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 35 | 61 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 37 | 29 | 78.4% | 2 | 161 | 36 | 101 |
Highland | 14 | 14 | 100.0% | 9 | 60 | 48 | 59 |
Orkney | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 37 | 37 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 39 | 102 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 26 | 21 | 80.8% | 6 | 118 | 31 | 102 |
Western Isles | 1 | - | 0.0% | 75 | 75 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 68 | 56 | 82.4% | 1 | 103 | 35 | 71 |
Borders | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 7 | 54 | 35 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 12 | 10 | 83.3% | 8 | 96 | 34 | 86 |
Fife | 25 | 20 | 80.0% | 3 | 103 | 35 | 80 |
Lothian | 27 | 22 | 81.5% | 1 | 97 | 40 | 69 |
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WOSCAN | 112 | 101 | 90.2% | 0 | 117 | 34 | 63 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 21 | 16 | 76.2% | 0 | 94 | 48 | 80 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 22 | 20 | 90.9% | 6 | 76 | 40 | 66 |
Forth Valley | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 12 | 57 | 42 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 20 | 17 | 85.0% | 6 | 117 | 31 | 82 |
Greater Glasgow | 40 | 39 | 97.5% | 3 | 70 | 22 | 58 |
*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.