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"
Head & Neck - 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 | 111 | 88 | 79.3% | 4 | 135 | 47 | 80 |
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NOSCAN | 21 | 14 | 66.7% | 6 | 94 | 47 | 89 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 17 | 41 | 36 | n/a |
Highland | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | 42 | 91 | 69 | 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 | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 6 | 94 | 36 | n/a |
Western Isles | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 30 | 26 | 86.7% | 13 | 96 | 48 | 85 |
Borders | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 59 | 59 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 26 | 37 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 8 | 6 | 75.0% | 13 | 96 | 44 | n/a |
Lothian | 18 | 16 | 88.9% | 17 | 96 | 51 | 88 |
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WOSCAN | 60 | 48 | 80.0% | 4 | 135 | 47 | 80 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 4 | 55 | 19 | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 56 | 119 | 115 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 42 | 109 | 57 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 10 | 6 | 60.0% | 15 | 126 | 51 | 121 |
Greater Glasgow | 33 | 29 | 87.9% | 7 | 135 | 42 | 73 |
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*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.