detection rates (proportion of the practice's cancer cases that are detected via USC) and conversion rates (proportion of the practice's USC referrals that prove to be cancer) in routinely collected data from GP practices in all of England (over 4 years) and northeast Scotland (over 7 years...
Byline: Alan Roden Scottish Political ReporterDaily Mail (London)
Number plates registered during this time show the age first, followed by a unique series of three digits specific to that vehicle, then the three-letter local memory tag. Such as A123 ABC. An 'A' registration means that the vehicle was sold new in August 1983, a 'B' that it was sold...
There is evidence that practices vary in the frequency with which they make USC referrals. In Scotland, an analysis of 18 775 USC referrals in 2008 reported a six-fold variation in the use of this referral route (Baughan et al, 2011). Similar variation was shown in an analysis of 865...