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 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 |
| | | |
| Scotland | 24 | 18 | 75.0% |
| | | |
| NOSCAN | 10 | 6 | 60.0% |
| Grampian (includes Shetland) | 7 | 4 | 57.1% |
| Highland | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Orkney | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Tayside | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Western Isles | 0 | - | n/a |
| | | |
| SCAN | 8 | 7 | 87.5% |
| Borders | 0 | - | n/a |
| Dumfries & Galloway1 | 0 | - | n/a |
| Fife | 0 | - | n/a |
| Lothian | 8 | 7 | 87.5% |
| | | |
| WOSCAN | 6 | 5 | 83.3% |
| Argyll & Clyde | 0 | - | n/a |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 0 | - | n/a |
| Forth Valley | 0 | - | n/a |
| Lanarkshire | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Greater Glasgow | 4 | 3 | 75.0% |
| | | |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay and co-morbidities
1 Most melanoma patients diagnosed in Dumfries & Galloway are managed within WOSCAN
n/a: Not applicable due to small numbers