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 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 | 508 | 458 | 90.2% | 0 | 189 | 35 | 62 |
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NOSCAN | 97 | 89 | 91.8% | 1 | 163 | 28 | 62 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 44 | 44 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 42 | 39 | 92.9% | 1 | 163 | 26 | 55 |
Highland | 15 | 14 | 93.3% | 5 | 71 | 25 | 66 |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 37 | 33 | 89.2% | 5 | 118 | 36 | 71 |
Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 3 | 5 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 153 | 141 | 92.2% | 0 | 146 | 32 | 62 |
Borders | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 13 | 62 | 42 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 18 | 16 | 88.9% | 1 | 89 | 26 | 79 |
Fife | 47 | 41 | 87.2% | 0 | 123 | 34 | 78 |
Lothian | 82 | 78 | 95.1% | 0 | 146 | 32 | 60 |
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WOSCAN | 258 | 228 | 88.4% | 0 | 189 | 38 | 64 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 34 | 34 | 100.0% | 0 | 62 | 39 | 60 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 36 | 33 | 91.7% | 0 | 78 | 25 | 62 |
Forth Valley | 23 | 22 | 95.7% | 6 | 135 | 37 | 60 |
Lanarkshire | 64 | 56 | 87.5% | 4 | 189 | 39 | 82 |
Greater Glasgow | 101 | 83 | 82.2% | 4 | 177 | 46 | 79 |
*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.