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"
Lymphoma - 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 | 114 | 75 | 65.8% | 0 | 264 | 43 | 113 | 134 |
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NOSCAN | 31 | 24 | 77.4% | 1 | 134 | 31 | 115 | 132 |
Grampian | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 22 | 59 | 28 | n/a | n/a |
Highland | 14 | 13 | 92.9% | 1 | 77 | 31 | 67 | n/a |
Orkney | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 11 | 6 | 54.5% | 5 | 134 | 61 | 133 | n/a |
Western Isles | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 39 | 29 | 74.4% | 5 | 175 | 43 | 106 | 138 |
Borders | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 5 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 7 | 129 | 43 | n/a | n/a |
Lothian | 31 | 22 | 71.0% | 11 | 175 | 43 | 105 | 153 |
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WOSCAN | 44 | 22 | 50.0% | 0 | 264 | 54 | 124 | 161 |
Argyll & Clyde | 7 | 4 | 57.1% | 9 | 107 | 46 | n/a | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 7 | 4 | 57.1% | 13 | 134 | 50 | n/a | n/a |
Forth Valley | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | 15 | 107 | 75 | n/a | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 9 | 4 | 44.4% | 9 | 161 | 59 | n/a | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 15 | 9 | 60.0% | 0 | 264 | 46 | 199 | n/a |
*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