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 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 | 233 | 217 | 93.1% | 1 | 198 | 31 | 61 |
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NOSCAN | 67 | 62 | 92.5% | 4 | 101 | 28 | 61 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 28 | 28 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 32 | 29 | 90.6% | 4 | 95 | 35 | 64 |
Highland | 12 | 12 | 100.0% | 11 | 60 | 30 | 56 |
Orkney | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 63 | 63 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 20 | 19 | 95.0% | 4 | 101 | 21 | 62 |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 61 | 61 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 63 | 58 | 92.1% | 1 | 129 | 35 | 62 |
Borders | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 44 | 60 | 55 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 1 | 58 | 23 | n/a |
Fife | 37 | 35 | 94.6% | 2 | 129 | 35 | 61 |
Lothian | 16 | 13 | 81.3% | 4 | 119 | 43 | 98 |
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WOSCAN | 103 | 97 | 94.2% | 1 | 198 | 31 | 61 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 19 | 19 | 100.0% | 3 | 58 | 33 | 56 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 19 | 18 | 94.7% | 1 | 106 | 20 | 62 |
Forth Valley | 12 | 12 | 100.0% | 6 | 57 | 28 | 57 |
Lanarkshire | 19 | 15 | 78.9% | 6 | 198 | 37 | 127 |
Greater Glasgow | 34 | 33 | 97.1% | 2 | 63 | 34 | 62 |
*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.