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"
Five cancers combined - period of diagnosis: 1 January - 31 March, 2005
| Number of eligible GP urgent referrals* | Number treated within 2 months (62 days) of referral | % compliance with 2 month urgent referral to treatment target |
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| Scotland | 869 | 636 | 73.2% |
| | | |
| NOSCAN | 249 | 174 | 69.9% |
| Grampian (includes Shetland) | 78 | 47 | 60.3% |
| Highland | 42 | 27 | 64.3% |
| Orkney | 4 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Tayside | 121 | 94 | 77.7% |
| Western Isles | 4 | 2 | 50.0% |
| | | |
| SCAN | 254 | 190 | 74.8% |
| Borders | 23 | 21 | 91.3% |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 27 | 22 | 81.5% |
| Fife | 51 | 33 | 64.7% |
| Lothian | 153 | 114 | 74.5% |
| | | |
| WOSCAN | 366 | 272 | 74.3% |
| Argyll & Clyde | 56 | 44 | 78.6% |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 61 | 45 | 73.8% |
| Forth Valley | 25 | 13 | 52.0% |
| Lanarkshire | 94 | 69 | 73.4% |
| Greater Glasgow1 | 130 | 101 | 77.7% |
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*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay and co-morbidities
1 North Glasgow was unable to provide 'comparable data' for lung cancer in this quarter