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 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 | 425 | 413 | 97.2% | 0 | 137 | 35 | 58 |
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NOSCAN | 105 | 102 | 97.1% | 0 | 76 | 42 | 60 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 61 | 61 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 38 | 38 | 100.0% | 26 | 62 | 47 | 61 |
Highland | 16 | 14 | 87.5% | 32 | 71 | 45 | 69 |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 31 | 58 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 47 | 46 | 97.9% | 0 | 76 | 41 | 56 |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 32 | 32 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 140 | 136 | 97.1% | 12 | 78 | 34 | 56 |
Borders | 13 | 13 | 100.0% | 13 | 61 | 22 | 50 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 24 | 24 | 100.0% | 14 | 44 | 19 | 32 |
Fife | 23 | 23 | 100.0% | 21 | 57 | 38 | 54 |
Lothian | 80 | 76 | 95.0% | 12 | 78 | 41 | 59 |
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WOSCAN | 180 | 175 | 97.2% | 2 | 137 | 31 | 56 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 25 | 25 | 100.0% | 10 | 48 | 20 | 39 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 28 | 27 | 96.4% | 16 | 74 | 36 | 58 |
Forth Valley | 29 | 26 | 89.7% | 11 | 137 | 48 | 80 |
Lanarkshire | 26 | 25 | 96.2% | 8 | 67 | 27 | 49 |
Greater Glasgow | 72 | 72 | 100.0% | 2 | 61 | 31 | 53 |
*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.