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 April - 30 June 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 | 103 | 95 | 92.2% | 0 | 134 | 26 | 61 |
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NOSCAN | 26 | 24 | 92.3% | 0 | 115 | 25 | 65 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 40 | 40 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 0 | 60 | 20 | n/a |
Highland | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 0 | 58 | 27 | n/a |
Orkney | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Shetland | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 23 | 23 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 9 | 7 | 77.8% | 0 | 115 | 29 | n/a |
Western Isles | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 33 | 29 | 87.9% | 0 | 120 | 20 | 81 |
Borders | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 79 | 79 | n/a | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a |
Fife | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 0 | 20 | 6 | n/a |
Lothian | 23 | 20 | 87.0% | 1 | 120 | 29 | 83 |
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WOSCAN | 44 | 42 | 95.5% | 0 | 134 | 29 | 57 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 0 | 15 | n/a | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 0 | 42 | 18 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 8 | 7 | 87.5% | 13 | 77 | 31 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 0 | 54 | 22 | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 18 | 17 | 94.4% | 16 | 134 | 36 | 68 |
*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.