Cancer in Scotland: Action for Change set a target that "the maximum wait from urgent referral to treatment for all cancers will be two months"
Lymphoma - period of diagnosis: 1 July - 30 September 2007
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 | 91 | 79 | 86.8% | 0 | 280 | 40 | 92 |
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NOSCAN | 18 | 17 | 94.4% | 0 | 78 | 42 | 64 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 11 | 10 | 90.9% | 0 | 78 | 53 | 75 |
Highland | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 10 | 51 | 51 | n/a |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 11 | 11 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 6 | 40 | 30 | n/a |
Western Isles | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 33 | 30 | 90.9% | 10 | 280 | 33 | 63 |
Borders | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 28 | 35 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 13 | 31 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 10 | 61 | 20 | n/a |
Lothian | 20 | 17 | 85.0% | 13 | 280 | 43 | 160 |
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WOSCAN | 40 | 32 | 80.0% | 3 | 156 | 43 | 128 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | 33 | 131 | 36 | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 8 | 6 | 75.0% | 11 | 156 | 54 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 60 | 96 | 78 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 11 | 10 | 90.9% | 7 | 105 | 36 | 93 |
Greater Glasgow | 12 | 9 | 75.0% | 3 | 130 | 47 | 120 |
*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
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.