Urological Q4 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"

Urological - 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)

Scotland

177

108

61.0%

0

244

46

129

158

NOSCAN

56

32

57.1%

1

178

48

132

164

Grampian

29

18

62.1%

2

178

50

144

176

Highland

11

6

54.5%

1

153

57

149

n/a

Orkney

2

1

50.0%

25

78

n/a

n/a

n/a

Shetland 1

1

0

0.0%

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Tayside

10

5

50.0%

1

90

42

n/a

n/a

Western Isles

3

2

66.7%

17

158

21

n/a

n/a

SCAN

48

27

56.3%

0

189

54

129

155

Borders

3

1

33.3%

62

126

94

n/a

n/a

Dumfries & Galloway

6

5

83.3%

21

127

54

n/a

n/a

Fife

18

10

55.6%

4

189

41

166

n/a

Lothian

21

11

52.4%

0

133

54

117

132

WOSCAN

73

49

67.1%

0

244

43

121

164

Argyll & Clyde 2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ayrshire & Arran

18

15

83.3%

4

117

27

87

n/a

Forth Valley

16

10

62.5%

0

180

49

165

n/a

Lanarkshire 2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Greater Glasgow

39

24

61.5%

2

244

48

132

187

*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 calculate minimum and maximum due to dates being unavailable

2 Unable to provide comparable data for inclusion in this report

Page updated: Tuesday, May 16, 2006