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".
Six cancers combined - period of diagnosis: 1 April to 30 June, 2005
Area of diagnosis | Number of eligible GP urgent referrals* | Number treated within 2 months (62 days) of referral | % compliance with 2 month urgent referral to treatment target |
Scotland | 1,167 | 867 | 74.3% |
| | | |
NOSCAN | 322 | 236 | 73.3% |
Grampian | 129 | 86 | 66.7% |
Highland | 41 | 34 | 82.9% |
Orkney | 7 | 7 | 100.0% |
Shetland1 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
Tayside2 | 138 | 105 | 76.1% |
Western Isles3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0% |
| | | |
SCAN | 326 | 251 | 77.0% |
Borders | 27 | 24 | 88.9% |
Dumfries & Galloway | 43 | 38 | 88.4% |
Fife2 | 64 | 39 | 60.9% |
Lothian | 192 | 150 | 78.1% |
| | | |
WOSCAN | 519 | 380 | 73.2% |
Argyll & Clyde | 73 | 42 | 57.5% |
Ayrshire & Arran | 74 | 60 | 81.1% |
Forth Valley | 38 | 29 | 76.3% |
Lanarkshire | 104 | 78 | 75.0% |
Greater Glasgow | 230 | 171 | 74.3% |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay and co-morbidities
1 Shetland was unable to provide comparable lung and colorectal data for inclusion in this report
2 Tayside and Fife were unable to provide comparable lymphoma data for inclusion in this report
3 Western Isles was unable to provide comparable melanoma data for inclusion in this report