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 cancer - period of diagnosis: October 1 - December 31, 2004
| LUNG | | Number of eligible GP urgent referrals* | Number treated within two months (62 days) of referral | Compliance with two months urgent referral to treatment target (in per cent) |
| | | | |
| Scotland | 235 | 161 | 68.5 |
| | | | |
| NOSCAN | 83 | 48 | 57.8 |
| Grampian (includes Orkney and Shetland) | 19 | 17 | 89.5 |
| Highland | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Tayside | 54 | 28 | 51.9 |
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| SCAN | 69 | 59 | 85.5 |
| Borders | 3 | 3 | 100 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 2 | 2 | 100 |
| Fife | 29 | 21 | 72.4 |
| Lothian | 28 | 26 | 92.9 |
| West Lothian | 7 | 7 | 100 |
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| WOSCAN** | 83 | 54 | 65.1 |
| Argyll & Clyde | 12 | 4 | 33.3 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 22 | 17 | 77.3 |
| Forth Valley | 8 | 6 | 75 |
| Lanarkshire | 28 | 18 | 64.3 |
| South Glasgow | 13 | 9 | 69.2 |
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*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay and co-morbidities
**North Glasgow was unable to provide 'comparable data' for this quarter