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"
Lung - 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 | 551 | 455 | 82.6% | 0 | 187 | 36 | 74 |
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NOSCAN | 124 | 110 | 88.7% | 1 | 160 | 31 | 65 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 18 | 23 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 45 | 42 | 93.3% | 1 | 93 | 22 | 52 |
Highland | 21 | 16 | 76.2% | 6 | 160 | 43 | 102 |
Orkney | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 54 | 49 | 90.7% | 2 | 112 | 36 | 64 |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 17 | 17 | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 143 | 114 | 79.7% | 0 | 152 | 34 | 77 |
Borders | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 0 | 66 | 19 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 19 | 17 | 89.5% | 4 | 56 | 24 | 54 |
Fife | 43 | 34 | 79.1% | 1 | 152 | 34 | 93 |
Lothian | 73 | 55 | 75.3% | 3 | 121 | 36 | 89 |
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WOSCAN | 284 | 231 | 81.3% | 0 | 187 | 40 | 76 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 43 | 37 | 86.0% | 1 | 92 | 40 | 67 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 47 | 40 | 85.1% | 2 | 107 | 35 | 73 |
Forth Valley | 15 | 12 | 80.0% | 23 | 99 | 47 | 89 |
Lanarkshire | 55 | 47 | 85.5% | 0 | 93 | 36 | 70 |
Greater Glasgow | 124 | 95 | 76.6% | 6 | 187 | 42 | 82 |
*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.