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Question reference: S6W-00377

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 2 June 2021
Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 June 2021

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many cancer referrals there have been in the Central Scotland parliamentary region in the last two years, broken down by month.

Answer

In the period October to December 2020:

There were 3,502 eligible referrals for the 62-day standard, an increase of 14.9%.
There were 5,697 eligible referrals within the 31-day standard, an increase of 14.7% from the previous quarter.

The below tables outline Eligible Referrals broken down by central region.

Eligible referrals for the 31-day standard (rate per 100,000 of population):

		Quarter ending
		Mar-19	Jun-19	Sep-19	Dec-19	Mar-20	Jun-20	Sep-20	Dec-20
NHS Scotland		115	121	120	117	119	93	91	105
	NHS Lothian	115	124	129	123	119	106	101	118
	NHS Forth Valley	91	95	91	90	108	79	76	96
	NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde	156	161	155	157	151	107	117	132
	NHS Lanarkshire	79	83	75	71	80	55	59	71

Eligible referrals for the 62-day standard (rate per 100,000 of population):

		Quarter ending
		Mar-19	Jun-19	Sep-19	Dec-19	Mar-20	Jun-20	Sep-20	Dec-20
NHS Scotland		68	72	72	68	70	56	56	64
	NHS Lothian	59	66	69	67	67	54	52	63
	NHS Forth Valley	72	76	80	81	90	74	69	88
	NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde	91	92	88	87	90	65	66	80
	NHS Lanarkshire	50	56	52	48	54	37	44	47

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