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 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 | 400 | 395 | 98.8% | 8 | 78 | 35 | 54 |
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NOSCAN | 93 | 92 | 98.9% | 13 | 78 | 40 | 57 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 36 | 35 | 97.2% | 23 | 78 | 49 | 60 |
Highland | 21 | 21 | 100.0% | 21 | 61 | 40 | 55 |
Orkney | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 14 | 29 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 54 | 54 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 32 | 32 | 100.0% | 13 | 61 | 31 | 52 |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 50 | 50 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 133 | 130 | 97.7% | 8 | 71 | 35 | 51 |
Borders | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 16 | 49 | 21 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 22 | 22 | 100.0% | 8 | 53 | 28 | 45 |
Fife | 23 | 23 | 100.0% | 21 | 59 | 35 | 51 |
Lothian | 80 | 77 | 96.3% | 8 | 71 | 37 | 53 |
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WOSCAN | 174 | 173 | 99.4% | 8 | 73 | 33 | 52 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 22 | 22 | 100.0% | 8 | 42 | 23 | 39 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 27 | 26 | 96.3% | 18 | 73 | 35 | 60 |
Forth Valley | 20 | 20 | 100.0% | 16 | 62 | 39 | 56 |
Lanarkshire | 40 | 40 | 100.0% | 9 | 54 | 29 | 46 |
Greater Glasgow | 65 | 65 | 100.0% | 16 | 61 | 36 | 55 |
*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.