HC Deb 11 February 1999 vol 325 cc364-7W
Mr. Moore

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many patients(a) had not yet been seen following GP written referral and (b) were waiting between referral to consultation, broken down (i) by specialty and (ii) by quarter from 30 March 1997. [67365]

Mr. Galbraith

[holding answer 25 January 1999]: Information on waiting lists is collected centrally only for hospital inpatients and day cases. Data are available on first outpatient referrals and the length of time that patients waited for their first outpatient appointment. The percentage of patients who received a first outpatient appointment within 9 weeks and 18 weeks following a General Medical Practitioner/General Dental Practitioner referral, by specialty, for each quarter from 31 March 1997, is provided in the tables.

From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.

NHS in Scotland: Percentage of patients who received a first outpatient appointment within 9 weeks and within 18 weeks of referral by a General Medical Practitioner/General Dental Practitioner, by Specialty 1
31 March 1997 Percentage seen within 30 June 1997 Percentage seen within 30 September 1997 Percentage seen within
Specialty 9 weeks 18 weeks 9 weeks 18 weeks 9 weeks 18 weeks
Rehabilitation Medicine 72.1 94.4 75.8 96.4 68.4 94.9
Respiratory Medicine 92.5 98.6 91.9 98.7 89.4 98.2
Restorative Dentistry 23.7 78.1 21.9 67.4 18.4 58.0
Rheumatology 60.4 85.5 60.9 87.3 53.4 84.7
Surgical Paediatrics 54.7 95.5 54.6 91.1 51.1 82.6
Thoracic Surgery — — 98.3 98.3 96.1 100.0
Urology 69.0 95.0 69.8 95.7 66.3 92.7
Vascular Surgery — — 72.0 95.4 65.8 96.2
All Specialties 70.7 91.2 72.3 93.2 66.5 91.7

31 December 1997 Percentage seen within 31 March 1998 Percentage seen within 30 June 1998 Percentage seen within 30 September 19982 Percentage seen within
Specialty 9 weeks 18 weeks 9 weeks 18 weeks 9 weeks 18 weeks 9 weeks 18 weeks
Adolescent Psychiatry 85.7 96.2 79.9 96.7 80.8 94.0 77.6 95.2
Anaesthetics 32.0 65.2 31.4 64.8 39.8 70.4 30.1 59.3
Cardiac Surgery 71.4 92.9 66.7 100.0 75.0 100.0 70.0 80.0
Cardiology 78.0 92.3 76.9 93.3 76.6 95.4 69.0 93.2
Cardiothoracic Surgery 91.6 99.6 96.9 99.6 95.0 98.9 91.1 99.6
Child Psychiatry 75.2 86.7 76.5 87.9 71.9 86.2 64.6 79.4
Clinical Genetics 37.4 74.8 43.6 76.4 33.6 79.0 37.3 66.3
Clinical Oncology 96.3 97.6 97.7 99.4 97.6 99.2 98.8 99.8
Communicable Diseases 90.0 98.5 88.3 97.5 89.0 98.8 78.5 96.2
Dermatology 51.3 81.8 58.0 83.8 60.3 87.9 57.4 88.2
Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) 56.0 88.3 56.8 87.7 56.5 90.6 51.6 87.6
Endocrinology and Diabetes 69.4 91.1 70.3 92.6 72.2 93.9 65.5 89.5
Gastroenterology 58.2 87.7 59.2 89.6 60.0 88.6 49.9 83.3
General Medicine 75.9 96.0 76.7 96.2 77.0 97.1 70.7 95.3
General Psychiatry 84.2 97.3 83.9 97.0 85.8 97.4 84.6 97.2
General Surgery 79.9 97.4 80.5 97.2 83.0 98.2 79.9 97.9
General Surgery (excluding Vascular) 82.6 96.7 82.8 96.3 82.6 97.4 77.1 96.6
Geriatric Medicine 97.8 99.5 97.6 99.6 97.0 99.6 95.3 99.5
GP Obstetrics 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
GP—other than Obstetrics 97.8 98.9 97.1 100.0 92.9 96.9 96.9 99.6
Gynaecology 75.2 95.9 77.1 96.3 77.1 96.8 72.0 96.2
Haematology 96.5 99.5 95.3 98.9 97.7 99.8 96.5 99.5
Homeopathy 34.7 60.1 34.4 60.2 26.6 57.5 25.4 46.0
Learning Disability 91.5 94.9 97.7 100.0 96.2 98.1 96.8 100.0
Medical Oncology 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.7 100.0 99.1 100.0
Medical Paediatrics 84.1 97.4 82.6 97.9 75.7 96.8 72.2 96.3
Nephrology 86.1 97.8 84.4 97.7 90.2 99.0 88.0 97.0
Neurology 47.9 72.8 45.5 72.9 44.0 71.6 38.6 68.2
Neurosurgery 64.9 89.7 67.1 91.9 67.1 93.6 70.3 94.5
Obstetrics—Antenatal 96.8 99.4 97.3 99.6 97.6 99.7 97.8 99.6
Obstetrics—Postnatal 95.2 100.0 89.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 94.1 100.0
Ophthalmology 57.7 89.0 55.3 88.6 53.5 87.0 51.0 85.5
Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine Group3 66.6 92.0 64.6 92.2 58.5 92.7 53.7 88.9
Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry Group" 42.0 74.4 42.7 76.3 51.6 83.3 49.4 80.7
Orthopaedics 45.7 74.3 45.8 74.9 48.5 78.3 43.0 73.6
Plastic Surgery 50.8 83.3 51.4 77.8 57.1 82.5 53.2 81.4
Psychogeriatrics 97.7 99.8 96.4 99.2 96.6 99.2 96.9 99.3
Rehabilitation Medicine 72.5 92.6 78.3 96.7 89.2 98.0 80.4 96.6
Respiratory Medicine 91.3 97.7 92.3 97.7 91.9 98.3 89.3 97.7
Restorative Dentistry 19.2 57.6 17.1 67.8 23 62.8 36.4 58.1
Rheumatology 54.8 80.8 55.8 83.6 58.7 85.9 53.8 83.3
Surgical Paediatrics 57.5 85.2 91.6 98.8 90.7 99.5 92.9 99.7
Thoracic Surgery 97.7 97.7 91.6 98.1 93.3 100.0 93.4 99.3
Urology 71.5 92.8 73.5 94.5 72.7 94.5 63.8 93.8
Vascular Surgery 65.8 96.5 70.8 94.1 73.1 92.6 68.0 91.8
All Specialities 67.1 89.7 68.3 90.2 68.9 91.5 64.6 89.8
1 No entry for a specialty on 31 March 1997 indicates new specialty codes introduced on 1 April 1997.
2 Provisional
3 Oral Surgery and Medicine Group incorporates the oral surgery and oral medicine specialties.
4 Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry Group incorporates the orthodontics and paediatric specialties.

Source:

Form SMRO/SMR01, ISD Scotland

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