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"
Breast - period of diagnosis: 1 January to 31 March 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 | 399 | 376 | 94.2% | 0 | 105 | 35 | 58 |
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NOSCAN | 102 | 99 | 97.1% | 9 | 76 | 41 | 60 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 30 | 30 | 100.0% | 9 | 61 | 47 | 60 |
Highland | 23 | 21 | 91.3% | 11 | 76 | 51 | 69 |
Orkney | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 51 | 51 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 35 | 35 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 44 | 44 | 100.0% | 13 | 61 | 34 | 51 |
Western Isles | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 35 | 67 | 42 | n/a |
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SCAN | 109 | 101 | 92.7% | 0 | 98 | 39 | 57 |
Borders | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 28 | 43 | 36 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 16 | 16 | 100.0% | 0 | 54 | 28 | 46 |
Fife | 23 | 23 | 100.0% | 15 | 57 | 37 | 50 |
Lothian | 61 | 53 | 86.9% | 0 | 98 | 46 | 66 |
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WOSCAN | 188 | 176 | 93.6% | 7 | 105 | 32 | 57 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 27 | 27 | 100.0% | 7 | 35 | 20 | 33 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 28 | 23 | 82.1% | 15 | 105 | 41 | 73 |
Forth Valley | 29 | 26 | 89.7% | 11 | 97 | 50 | 78 |
Lanarkshire | 33 | 30 | 90.9% | 13 | 71 | 27 | 58 |
Greater Glasgow | 71 | 70 | 98.6% | 10 | 75 | 32 | 48 |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay, co-morbidities, clinical reasons and initially referred to another non-cancer specialty.
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.