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lung Q1 07

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)

Scotland

484

402

83.1%

0

134

34

73

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

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

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.

Page updated: Tuesday, August 14, 2007