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"
Head & Neck - 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 | 113 | 100 | 88.5% | 7 | 109 | 43 | 68 |
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NOSCAN | 33 | 28 | 84.8% | 16 | 85 | 46 | 79 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 67 | 67 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | 16 | 51 | 34 | 50 |
Highland | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 42 | 54 | n/a | 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 | 20 | 16 | 80.0% | 19 | 85 | 56 | 85 |
Western Isles | - | - | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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SCAN | 30 | 28 | 93.3% | 16 | 88 | 44 | 62 |
Borders | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 33 | 88 | 47 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 23 | 35 | 34 | n/a |
Fife | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 29 | 58 | 48 | n/a |
Lothian | 16 | 15 | 93.8% | 16 | 68 | 44 | 64 |
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WOSCAN | 50 | 44 | 88.0% | 7 | 109 | 42 | 69 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 12 | 36 | 28 | n/a |
Ayrshire & Arran | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 7 | 57 | 51 | n/a |
Forth Valley | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 23 | 55 | 42 | n/a |
Lanarkshire | 9 | 6 | 66.7% | 47 | 105 | 55 | n/a |
Greater Glasgow | 26 | 23 | 88.5% | 12 | 109 | 36 | 73 |
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*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.