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 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 | 124 | 96 | 77.4% | 12 | 146 | 50 | 84 |
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NOSCAN | 27 | 18 | 66.7% | 14 | 146 | 55 | 93 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 11 | 6 | 54.5% | 18 | 104 | 58 | 100 |
Highland | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 14 | 60 | 20 | 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 | 13 | 9 | 69.2% | 17 | 146 | 55 | 124 |
Western Isles | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 30 | 28 | 93.3% | 12 | 76 | 47 | 61 |
Borders | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 40 | 40 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 26 | 26 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 32 | 63 | 46 | n/a |
Lothian | 22 | 21 | 95.5% | 12 | 76 | 49 | 61 |
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WOSCAN | 67 | 50 | 74.6% | 13 | 143 | 49 | 107 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 15 | 59 | 35 | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 10 | 5 | 50.0% | 29 | 134 | 57 | 134 |
Forth Valley | 8 | 7 | 87.5% | 27 | 77 | 53 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 13 | 8 | 61.5% | 13 | 136 | 51 | 115 |
Greater Glasgow | 32 | 26 | 81.3% | 16 | 143 | 49 | 106 |
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*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.