Colorectal Q4 06

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"

Colorectal Period of diagnosis: 1 October to 31 December 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)

Scotland

345

278

80.6%

0

233

38

87

NOSCAN

94

76

80.9%

0

126

38

80

Argyll & Clyde (Highland)

2

2

100.0%

2

7

n/a

n/a

Grampian

32

26

81.3%

0

126

26

93

Highland

16

9

56.3%

1

87

54

82

Orkney

-

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Shetland

1

1

100.0%

49

49

n/a

n/a

Tayside

40

35

87.5%

0

101

22

70

Western Isles

3

3

100.0%

9

55

39

n/a

SCAN

93

68

73.1%

0

233

36

113

Borders

7

6

85.7%

2

94

19

n/a

Dumfries & Galloway

15

14

93.3%

2

84

35

68

Fife

17

15

88.2%

2

84

36

70

Lothian

54

33

61.1%

0

233

48

124

WOSCAN

158

134

84.8%

0

154

38

70

Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow)

23

22

95.7%

0

66

23

58

Ayrshire & Arran

18

15

83.3%

0

87

52

75

Forth Valley

19

18

94.7%

0

82

47

62

Lanarkshire

31

21

67.7%

0

154

49

138

Greater Glasgow

67

58

86.6%

0

120

32

64



*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay, co-morbidities, clinical reasons and initially referred to another non-cancer speciality.

n/a: Not applicable due to small numbers.

Cancer waiting times statistics are subject to a programme of quality improvement focusing on consistency and coverage.

These improvements need to be taken in to account when making comparisons on quarter on quarter performance.

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