Head & Neck waiting time q3 05

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".

Head and Neck - period of diagnosis: 1 July to 30 September 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

Minimum (Days)

Maximum (Days)

Median (Days)

90th Percentile (Days)

95th Percentile (Days)

Scotland

63

44

69.8%

6

152

54

107

139

NOSCAN

25

13

52.0%

19

152

62

144

152

Grampian

10

8

80.0%

19

112

44

109

n/a

Highland

6

0

0.0%

66

152

119

n/a

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

9

5

55.6%

20

89

62

n/a

n/a

Western Isles

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

SCAN

13

9

69.2%

28

113

56

107

n/a

Borders

3

3

100.0%

32

56

44

n/a

n/a

Dumfries & Galloway

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Fife

2

2

100.0%

43

54

49

n/a

n/a

Lothian

8

4

50.0%

28

113

63

n/a

n/a

WOSCAN

25

22

88.0%

6

139

46

93

126

Argyll & Clyde

9

9

100.0%

6

59

41

n/a

n/a

Ayrshire & Arran

10

8

80.0%

31

95

51

95

n/a

Forth Valley 1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lanarkshire

6

5

83.3%

21

139

30

n/a

n/a

Greater Glasgow 1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*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

1 Unable to provide comparable data for inclusion in this report

Page updated: Thursday, April 06, 2006