Mr. Robert HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list waiting times for patients of Aberdeen Royal Hospital NHS trust for each of the main medical specialities for the current year, for 1993 and 1992.
§ Mr. LangInformation on waiting times for first out-patient appointments at trust level was not held centrally until 1994. The table shows the waiting times for patients treated as in-patients or day cases in selected specialties at the trust in 1992, 1993 and 1994 and the waiting times for first out-patient appointments in 1994. All 1994 figures are from 1 January to 30 September and are provisional.
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Waiting times (Number of days) for first attendance at consultant out-patient clinic Waiting times (Number of days) for patients admitted from in-patient or day case waiting lists Specialty Mean Median In-patients Mean Day cases Median Mean Median ENT Surgery — — 83 65 63 50 General Medicine — — 26 15 16 10 General Surgery — — 60 27 46 31 Gynaecology — — 42 28 26 7 Medical Paediatrics — — 20 14 20 21 Nephrology — — 27 14 9 9 Neurosurgery — — 36 36 41 37 Ophthalmology — — 55 44 45 34 Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine — — 64 41 10 8 Orthopaedic Surgery — — 22 14 16 13 Plastic Surgery — — 135 56 159 79 Radiotherapy (Consultative) — — 10 6 11 5 Respiratory Medicine — — 8 5 13 9 Surgical Paediatrics — — 45 31 42 29 Thoracic Surgery — — 83 27 30 11 Urology — — 47 32 23 19 1993 Cardiology — — 32 25 35 27 Dermatology — — 19 11 119 119 ENT Surgery — 77 63 60 49 General Medicine — — 26 14 21 13 General Surgery — — 51 29 55 35 Gynaecology — — 43 37 20 6 Medical Paediatrics 27 18 26 21 Nephrology — — 16 8 11 7 Neurosurgery — — 39 31 32 25 Ophthalmology — — 55 46 38 35 Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine — — 74 45 45 26 Orthopaedic Surgery — — 35 22 28 9 Plastic Surgery — — 158 68 151 78 Radiotherapy (Consultative) — — 12 7 9 8 Respiratory Medicine — — 8 5 13 9 Surgical Paediatrics — — 31 23 28 25 Thoracic Surgery — — 57 29 21 11 Urology — — 48 34 31 26 1994 Cardiology 51 45 34 26 39 33 Dermatology 77 77 25 15 1— 1— ENT Surgery 54 49 80 66 70 57 General Medicine 55 58 25 15 19 14 General Surgery 42 37 60 28 70 43 Gynaecology 46 44 43 35 21 7 Medical Paediatrics 57 56 24 13 14 10 Nephrology 24 18 16 8 6 7 Neurosurgery 31 31 31 28 26 16 Ophthalmology 58 60 47 39 34 30 Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine 124 112 72 29 87 84 Orthopaedic Surgery 91 92 38 29 27 24 Plastic Surgery 12S 77 175 67 213 86 Radiotherapy (Consultative) 20 15 10 6 4 4 Respiratory Medicine 16 14 6 5 10 7
Waiting times (Number of days) for first attendance at consultant out-patient clinic Waiting times (Number of days) for patients admitted from in-patient or day case waiting lists Specialty Mean Median In-patients Mean Day cases Median Mean Median Surgical Paediatrics 29 24 45 38 40 36 Thoracic Surgery 34 34 61 35 6 6 Urology 81 71 60 51 34 28 1 —No service. Note:
Median—the number of days within which 50 per cent. of patients had waited for treatment.