Table 2.
Cancer elective surgery waiting times (in days) by urgency category and cancer type
| Bowel cancer | Breast cancer | Lung cancer | Bowel, breast and lung cancer | Other cancer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-PPR | Post-PPR | Pre-PPR | Post-PPR | Pre-PPR | Post-PPR | Pre-PPR | Post-PPR | Pre-PPR | Post-PPR | |
| All urgency | ||||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 14 (15) | 17 (14) | 13 (12) | 14 (14) | 12 (11) | 17 (12) | 13 (13) | 15 (14) | 33 (45) | 35 (48) |
| Median (IQR) | 13 (7–20) | 15 (8–22) | 11 (6–17) | 12 (7–19) | 9 (5–18) | 15 (8–23) | 12 (6–18) | 13 (7–20) | 19 (8–38) | 20 (11–38) |
| Urgency (30 days) | ||||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 13 (8) | 14 (8) | 11 (7) | 12 (7) | 10 (8) | 15 (8) | 12 (7) | 13 (7) | 12 (8) | 14 (8) |
| Median (IQR) | 13 (7–19) | 14 (8–21) | 10 (6–16) | 12 (7–18) | 8 (5–15) | 14 (7–21) | 11 (6–17) | 13 (7–19) | 12 (6–19) | 14 (7–20) |
| Urgency (90 days) | ||||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 37 (44) | 42 (27) | 33 (35) | 42 (48) | 25 (17) | 33 (21) | 33 (36) | 39 (36) | 59 (57) | 64 (63) |
| Median (IQR) | 33 (15–41) | 36 (27–50) | 25 (8–44) | 32 (15–48) | 23 (11–35) | 33 (16–42) | 28 (11–41) | 34 (19–48) | 44 (24–77) | 47 (27–81) |
PPR public performance reporting, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range