Cancer in Scotland: Action for Change set a target that "by 2005, the maximum wait from urgent referral to treatment for all cancers will be two months"
Lung - period of diagnosis: 1 October to 31 December 2005
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) | 95th Percentile (Days) |
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Scotland | 478 | 383 | 80.1% | 0 | 192 | 36 | 80 | 100 |
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NOSCAN | 104 | 89 | 85.6% | 4 | 139 | 33 | 81 | 97 |
Grampian | 44 | 43 | 97.7% | 6 | 98 | 23 | 46 | 60 |
Highland | 12 | 10 | 83.3% | 6 | 137 | 53 | 125 | n/a |
Orkney | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 48 | 36 | 75.0% | 4 | 139 | 41 | 85 | 107 |
Western Isles | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 140 | 120 | 85.7% | 0 | 146 | 33 | 75 | 103 |
Borders | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 29 | 82 | 41 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 14 | 11 | 78.6% | 6 | 110 | 26 | 89 | n/a |
Fife | 37 | 31 | 83.8% | 1 | 146 | 33 | 80 | 120 |
Lothian | 84 | 74 | 88.1% | 0 | 130 | 32 | 75 | 101 |
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WOSCAN | 234 | 174 | 74.4% | 0 | 192 | 40 | 82 | 103 |
Argyll & Clyde | 32 | 24 | 75.0% | 1 | 91 | 41 | 72 | 87 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 44 | 38 | 86.4% | 9 | 123 | 37 | 79 | 88 |
Forth Valley | 13 | 11 | 84.6% | 4 | 89 | 44 | 80 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 50 | 34 | 68.0% | 5 | 133 | 36 | 90 | 103 |
Greater Glasgow | 95 | 67 | 70.5% | 0 | 192 | 44 | 91 | 125 |
*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