§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of patients awaiting their first out-patient appointment have been waiting over six months. [47830]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation regarding the total stock of out-patient waiters is not collected. However, published out-patient activity statistics show that 5 per cent. of patients referred by general practitioners who were seen during the period October to December 2001 had been waiting longer than 26 weeks.