Ovarian 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"

Ovarian - 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

79

72

91.1%

0

91

28

57

NOSCAN

22

20

90.9%

0

91

36

69

Argyll & Clyde (Highland)

-

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Grampian

9

9

100.0%

1

56

16

n/a

Highland

1

1

100.0%

2

2

n/a

n/a

Orkney

-

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Shetland

1

1

100.0%

0

0

n/a

n/a

Tayside

11

9

81.8%

12

91

46

88

Western Isles

-

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

SCAN

24

21

87.5%

2

66

31

65

Borders

-

-

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Dumfries & Galloway

2

2

100.0%

20

21

n/a

n/a

Fife

10

9

90.0%

14

64

34

63

Lothian

12

10

83.3%

2

66

25

66

WOSCAN

33

31

93.9%

1

64

25

55

Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow)

4

4

100.0%

1

17

11

n/a

Ayrshire & Arran

2

2

100.0%

25

53

n/a

n/a

Forth Valley

6

6

100.0%

17

53

27

n/a

Lanarkshire

7

5

71.4%

16

64

46

n/a

Greater Glasgow

14

14

100.0%

1

56

26

56

*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