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"
Breast - Period of diagnosis: 1 April to 30 June 2006
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) |
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Scotland | 432 | 381 | 88.2% | 1 | 113 | 37 | 65 |
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NOSCAN | 92 | 80 | 87.0% | 8 | 113 | 43 | 66 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 38 | 34 | 89.5% | 8 | 80 | 43 | 63 |
Highland | 14 | 9 | 64.3% | 22 | 113 | 58 | 101 |
Orkney | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 37 | 35 | 94.6% | 20 | 81 | 37 | 60 |
Western Isles | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 47 | 55 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 136 | 110 | 80.9% | 8 | 106 | 48 | 69 |
Borders | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 11 | 34 | 22 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 18 | 18 | 100.0% | 8 | 53 | 20 | 44 |
Fife | 41 | 29 | 70.7% | 27 | 106 | 56 | 83 |
Lothian | 73 | 59 | 80.8% | 17 | 103 | 49 | 69 |
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WOSCAN | 204 | 191 | 93.6% | 1 | 90 | 31 | 59 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 30 | 29 | 96.7% | 1 | 63 | 20 | 34 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 34 | 31 | 91.2% | 2 | 90 | 39 | 64 |
Forth Valley | 25 | 21 | 84.0% | 23 | 78 | 46 | 71 |
Lanarkshire | 43 | 41 | 95.3% | 8 | 72 | 26 | 50 |
Greater Glasgow | 72 | 69 | 95.8% | 10 | 71 | 34 | 58 |
*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.