Select Committee on Health Report

Table 4.15.3

MEAN AND MEDIAN WAITING TIMES FROM MARCH 1988

	Provider Based (1) (4) Mean	Median	Resident Based (2,3) Mean	Median
March 88	9.24	5.02
June 88	9.36	5.13
Sept 88	9.43	5.21
Dec 88	9.31	5.14
March 89	9.33	5.12
June 89	9.15	4.99
Sept 89	9.12	5.02
Dec 89	8.83	4.84
March 90	8.63	4.74
June 90	8.55	4.77
Sept 90	8.41	4.76
Dec 90	7.95	4.50
March 91	7.57	4.43
June 91	7.53	4.37
Sept 91	7.31	4.19
Dec 91	6.43	3.75
March 92	5.12	3.20
June 92	5.02	3.45
Sept 92	4.96	3.40
Dec 92	4.77	3.24
March 93	4.52	3.18
June 93	4.72	3.47
Sept 93	4.79	3.45
Dec 93	4.80	3.41
March 94	4.60	3.23
June 94	4.64	3.35
Sept 94	4.59	3.25
Dec 94	4.42	3.02
March 95	4.02	2.84
June 95	4.08	2.95
Sept 95	4.01	2.86
Dec 95	3.87	2.79
March 96	3.66	2.72
June 96	3.81	2.84	3.82	2.84
Sept 96	3.89	2.82	3.89	2.83
Dec 96	3.99	2.87	3.99	2.87
March 97	4.17	3.04	4.18	3.05
June 97	4.34	3.09	4.35	3.14
Sept 97	4.49	3.27	4.49	3.28
Dec 97	4.60	3.36	4.58	3.33
March 98	4.61	3.42	4.62	3.44
Footnotes:   1.   The provider based information includes patients waiting to be admitted to NHS hospitals in England either as a day case or ordinary admission.   2.   The resident based information excludes all patients living outside England and all privately funded patients waiting for treatment in NHS hospitals. However, they do include NHS funded patients, living in England, who are waiting for treatment in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, abroad, and at private hospitals, which are not included in the corresponding provider based returns. 3.   Data not available prior to quarter ending 30 June 1996.

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Prepared 2 November 1998