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 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 | 281 | 249 | 88.6% | 0 | 157 | 40 | 70 |
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NOSCAN | 55 | 52 | 94.5% | 0 | 101 | 42 | 62 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 13 | 62 | 30 | n/a |
Grampian | 27 | 27 | 100.0% | 5 | 62 | 38 | 58 |
Highland | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 28 | 59 | 45 | 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 | 14 | 11 | 78.6% | 0 | 101 | 42 | 91 |
Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 46 | 60 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 79 | 64 | 81.0% | 3 | 157 | 45 | 78 |
Borders | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 8 | 68 | 54 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 11 | 10 | 90.9% | 7 | 91 | 30 | 85 |
Fife | 16 | 12 | 75.0% | 3 | 143 | 52 | 110 |
Lothian | 47 | 38 | 80.9% | 6 | 157 | 46 | 80 |
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WOSCAN | 147 | 133 | 90.5% | 1 | 142 | 36 | 63 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 20 | 18 | 90.0% | 1 | 119 | 22 | 101 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 25 | 23 | 92.0% | 7 | 96 | 33 | 68 |
Forth Valley | 26 | 26 | 100.0% | 4 | 60 | 31 | 57 |
Lanarkshire | 32 | 25 | 78.1% | 4 | 142 | 43 | 105 |
Greater Glasgow | 44 | 41 | 93.2% | 3 | 111 | 42 | 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.