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"
Lung - 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 | 484 | 402 | 83.1% | 0 | 134 | 34 | 73 |
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NOSCAN | 90 | 74 | 82.2% | 1 | 112 | 35 | 80 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 37 | 35 | 94.6% | 1 | 83 | 23 | 51 |
Highland | 18 | 13 | 72.2% | 5 | 112 | 40 | 108 |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 34 | 25 | 73.5% | 11 | 94 | 48 | 81 |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 43 | 43 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 130 | 109 | 83.8% | 0 | 134 | 34 | 81 |
Borders | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 16 | 42 | 32 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | 9 | 128 | 43 | n/a |
Fife | 40 | 31 | 77.5% | 1 | 127 | 36 | 85 |
Lothian | 77 | 68 | 88.3% | 0 | 134 | 29 | 67 |
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WOSCAN | 264 | 219 | 83.0% | 3 | 127 | 34 | 69 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 24 | 22 | 91.7% | 4 | 108 | 35 | 63 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 40 | 37 | 92.5% | 3 | 67 | 33 | 61 |
Forth Valley | 24 | 22 | 91.7% | 8 | 98 | 36 | 64 |
Lanarkshire | 59 | 48 | 81.4% | 4 | 127 | 31 | 77 |
Greater Glasgow | 117 | 90 | 76.9% | 7 | 116 | 36 | 83 |
*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.