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"
Urology - 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 | 252 | 209 | 82.9% | 0 | 190 | 42 | 87 |
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NOSCAN | 66 | 60 | 90.9% | 0 | 157 | 37 | 65 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 28 | 28 | 100.0% | 0 | 61 | 42 | 57 |
Highland | 12 | 11 | 91.7% | 3 | 74 | 46 | 70 |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 15 | 62 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 22 | 18 | 81.8% | 4 | 157 | 31 | 107 |
Western Isles | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 57 | 72 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 67 | 50 | 74.6% | 3 | 158 | 48 | 98 |
Borders | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 6 | 50 | 15 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 12 | 57 | 26 | n/a |
Fife | 17 | 11 | 64.7% | 3 | 102 | 34 | 99 |
Lothian | 39 | 28 | 71.8% | 6 | 158 | 51 | 107 |
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WOSCAN | 119 | 99 | 83.2% | 2 | 190 | 42 | 88 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 14 | 12 | 85.7% | 4 | 110 | 43 | 102 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 23 | 21 | 91.3% | 6 | 116 | 37 | 66 |
Forth Valley | 20 | 18 | 90.0% | 3 | 87 | 50 | 66 |
Lanarkshire | 20 | 8 | 40.0% | 2 | 190 | 81 | 139 |
Greater Glasgow | 42 | 40 | 95.2% | 2 | 138 | 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.