What the average waiting time is between diagnosis and treatment in all Scottish cancer treatment units, listed for each type of cancer.

Cancer is one of the three clinical priorities for the NHS in Scotland. Reducing waiting times for investigation and treatment is a high priority within the Scottish Cancer Group's work programme.Initial investigation and treatment for cancer can take place in either an outpatient or inpatient setting. Information on waiting times for cases where investigation and treatment starts in an outpatient setting is not held centrally.Information on the time from a patient being placed on the waiting list for inpatient/day case treatment for a primary diagnosis of cancer and their admission to hospital is available centrally. The median waiting times for the four main cancers and all other cancers in the year ending 31 March 2000 in the five main cancer centres and in all other hospitals is given in the table. It should be noted that many patients will receive immediate inpatient/day case treatment and will not appear on the waiting list.The Scottish Executive is providing additional funding to support the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. I recently announced a rolling modernisation programme which will provide new linear accelerators and treatment planning simulators in all cancer centres, new and replacement MRI scanners and imaging equipment to help further speed up diagnosis.NHS In Scotland: Median Waiting Time for Hospital Admission for Inpatient/Day Case Treatment for Primary Diagnoses of the Main Four Cancers and all other Cancers: 31 March 2000pHospital of Treatment | Colorectal Cancer | Lung Cancer | Breast Cancer | Ovarian Cancer | All Other Cancers
| Median Wait(Days) | Median Wait (Days) | Median Wait (Days) | Median Wait (Days) | Median Wait (Days)
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 10
Ninewells Hospital | 20 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 23
Raigmore Hospital |