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In this section, we shall present data from our monthly performance scorecard including:
For space reasons, we shall only include the last 3 months data although you can download the full scorecard by clicking here.


Two Week Rule (TWR) Targets

The target for the % of patients seen within 14 days is 93%.

Dataset Sep 11 Oct 11 Nov 11 YTD
No. of TWR Patients Seen 479 490 539 4095
Compliance (%) 97.9% 98.2% 97.6% 97.4%
Breaches (number) 10 9 13 105



Breast Waits

The target for the % of patients with breast symptoms seen within 14 days is 93%.

Dataset Sep 11 Oct 11 Nov 11 YTD
No. of Patients with Breast Symptoms Seen 120 143 146 1037
Compliance (%) 96.7% 96.5% 91.8% 95.0%
Breaches (number) 4 5 12 52



31 Day Target

The target for the % of patients treated within 31 days from decision to treat is 96%.

Dataset Sep 11 Oct 11 Nov 11 YTD
No. of 31 Day Patients first treated 101 84 86 711
Compliance (%) 100.0% 98.8% 97.7% 99.2%
Breaches (number) 0 1 2 6



62 Day Standard

The target for the % of patients treated within 62 days from referral received is 85%.

Dataset Sep 11 Oct 11 Nov 11 YTD
No. of 62 Day Patients Treated 59 43 46 370.5
Compliance (%) 94.9% 95.3% 89.1% 91.6%
Breaches (number) 3 2 5 31



Screening Referrals

The target for the % of screening patients treated within 62 days is 90%.

Dataset Sep 11 Oct 11 Nov 11 YTD
No. of Screening Patients Treated 6 6.5 7 42.5
Compliance (%) 100% 92.3% 100% 96.5%
Breaches (number) 0 0.5 0 1.5



Rare Cancers

There is no target for patients with rare cancers seen within 31 days.

Dataset Sep 11 Oct 11 Nov 11 YTD
No. of 31 Day rare cancer patients treated 0 0 0 4



Diagnosed Cancers

Dataset Sep 11 Oct 11 Nov 11 YTD
Diagnosed cancers (numbers) 126 120 114 1029



Cancer Rate

The TWR conversion rate is the % of TWRs confirmed as having cancer.

Dataset Sep 11 Oct 11 Nov 11 YTD
TWR conversion rate 11% 11% 11% 11.2%



Decision to Treat

Dataset Sep 11 Oct 11 Nov 11 YTD
Total TWRs with a decision to treat 64 60 48 501
TWR decision to treat by Day 31 (number) 24 25 16 193
TWR decision to treat by Day 31 (%) 37.5% 41.7% 33.3% 38.5%



Tertiary Referrals

Dataset Sep 11 Oct 11 Nov 11 YTD
Total Tertiary Referrals 14 17 16 120
TWR Tertiary Referrals by Day 31 (number) 2 1 1 9
TWR Tertiary Referrals by Day 31 (%) 14.3% 5.9% 6.3% 7.5%


Last Updated on Thursday, 05 January 2012 15:32