Cancer Wait Time - 62 Day Standard
62 day waiting standard split by health board of treatment and health board of residence as well as cancer type
The 62 day standard is measured against the health board of receipt of referral (HB)
Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter | text | Calendar Year Quarter data pertains to | |
| HB | text | Health board of receipt of referral | |
| HBQF | text | Qualifier for the health board of receipt of referral, denotes Scotland totals | |
| HBT | text | Health Board of first treatment | |
| CancerType | text | Cancer Type recorded | |
| CancerTypeQF | text | Cancer Type recorded statistical qualifiers | |
| NumberOfEligibleReferrals62DayStandard | numeric | Urgent referral submitted with a suspicion of cancer by a GP or GDP, or direct referral to hospital (self, GP, or NHS 24 referral to A&E or other), or referral from a National Cancer Screening Programme, excluding patients who had a clinically complex pathway, who died before treatment or refused treatment. | |
| NumberOfEligibleReferrals62DayStandardQF | text | Qualifier for the number of Eligible Referrals in the 62 Day standard | |
| NumberOfEligibleReferralsTreatedWithin62Days | numeric | Urgent referral submitted with a suspicion of cancer by a GP or GDP, or direct referral to hospital (self, GP, or NHS 24 referral to A&E or other), or referral from a National Cancer Screening Programme, excluding patients who had a clinically complex pathway, who died before treatment or refused treatment, that started their first treatment within 61 days of receipt of referral. | |
| NumberOfEligibleReferralsTreatedWithin62DaysQF | text | Qualifier for the number of Eligible Referrals Treated within 62 Day standard |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | March 26, 2025 |
| Metadata last updated | July 6, 2018 |
| Created | July 6, 2018 |
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