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"
Melanoma - 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 | 70 | 59 | 84.3% | 0 | 143 | 28 | 74 | 99 |
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NOSCAN | 17 | 14 | 82.4% | 6 | 114 | 37 | 89 | n/a |
Grampian | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 28 | 114 | 52 | n/a | n/a |
Highland | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 17 | 83 | 20 | n/a | n/a |
Orkney | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 29 | 29 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 6 | 49 | 27 | n/a | n/a |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 16 | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 16 | 11 | 68.8% | 0 | 80 | 33 | 76 | n/a |
Borders | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 0 | 38 | 37 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 7 | 33 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Lothian | 11 | 6 | 54.5% | 10 | 80 | 43 | 79 | n/a |
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WOSCAN | 37 | 34 | 91.9% | 0 | 143 | 22 | 61 | 121 |
Argyll & Clyde | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 0 | 49 | 25 | n/a | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 11 | 10 | 90.9% | 0 | 78 | 18 | 70 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 0 | 48 | 17 | n/a | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 14 | 119 | 33 | n/a | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 10 | 9 | 90.0% | 0 | 143 | 21 | n/a | n/a |
*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