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"
All cancers - 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 | 1,970 | 1,461 | 74.2% | 0 | 296 | 39 | 91 | 120 |
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NOSCAN | 513 | 376 | 73.3% | 0 | 296 | 43 | 95 | 125 |
Grampian | 201 | 150 | 74.6% | 1 | 182 | 41 | 93 | 122 |
Highland | 95 | 62 | 65.3% | 1 | 296 | 53 | 121 | 136 |
Orkney | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 25 | 78 | 66 | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 9 | 6 | 66.7% | 3 | 92 | 36 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 190 | 145 | 76.3% | 1 | 172 | 41 | 87 | 114 |
Western Isles | 15 | 12 | 80.0% | 0 | 158 | 22 | 105 | n/a |
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SCAN | 539 | 421 | 78.1% | 0 | 264 | 39 | 85 | 113 |
Borders | 33 | 27 | 81.8% | 1 | 126 | 35 | 80 | 103 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 67 | 54 | 80.6% | 0 | 127 | 31 | 76 | 106 |
Fife | 112 | 83 | 74.1% | 1 | 189 | 43 | 99 | 124 |
Lothian | 327 | 257 | 78.6% | 0 | 264 | 40 | 85 | 117 |
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WOSCAN | 918 | 664 | 72.3% | 0 | 276 | 39 | 94 | 124 |
Argyll & Clyde 1 | 115 | 87 | 75.7% | 0 | 131 | 28 | 83 | 106 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 178 | 137 | 77.0% | 0 | 174 | 36 | 83 | 119 |
Forth Valley | 81 | 50 | 61.7% | 0 | 180 | 48 | 108 | 136 |
Lanarkshire 1 | 173 | 121 | 69.9% | 0 | 276 | 36 | 120 | 154 |
Greater Glasgow | 371 | 269 | 72.5% | 0 | 264 | 41 | 94 | 119 |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay and co-morbidities
1 Argyll & Clyde and Lanarkshire were unable to provide comparable urology data for inclusion in this report