Melanoma Q1 07

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"

Melanoma - period of diagnosis: 1 January to 31 March 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)

Scotland

92

86

93.5%

0

147

20

57

NOSCAN

31

29

93.5%

0

147

14

57

Argyll & Clyde (Highland)

-

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Grampian

12

11

91.7%

0

147

28

120

Highland

4

4

100.0%

0

12

7

n/a

Orkney

-

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Shetland

-

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Tayside

13

12

92.3%

0

68

14

62

Western Isles

2

2

100.0%

7

57

n/a

n/a

SCAN

20

18

90.0%

0

93

21

80

Borders

3

3

100.0%

16

32

18

n/a

Dumfries & Galloway

2

2

100.0%

0

5

n/a

n/a

Fife

4

4

100.0%

9

39

16

n/a

Lothian

11

9

81.8%

8

93

32

91

WOSCAN

41

39

95.1%

0

84

20

56

Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow)

6

5

83.3%

9

76

18

n/a

Ayrshire & Arran

7

7

100.0%

0

36

14

n/a

Forth Valley

7

7

100.0%

0

34

23

n/a

Lanarkshire

5

5

100.0%

0

62

33

n/a

Greater Glasgow

16

15

93.8%

5

84

29

59

*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 specialty.

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.

Page updated: Tuesday, August 14, 2007