Select Committee on Health Report

Table 4.15.6

PATIENTS SEEN FOLLOWING GP WRITTEN REFERRAL AND THE TIME WAITED FROM REFERRAL TO CONSULTATION, QUARTER ENDED 31 MARCH 1998

England by Specialty

Specialty	Number seen following GP written referral (thousands)	Of those seen % who waited (in weeks)
		under 13	13 to under 26	26 and over
All specialties	1,919	81	15	4
Of which:
General Surgery	254	90	8	2
Urology	73	83	14	3
Trauma and Orthopaedics	187	64	25	10
Ear, Nose & Throat	169	76	20	4
Ophthalmology	165	71	22	6
Oral Surgery	63	78	17	4
Plastic Surgery	26	68	19	13
General Medicine	123	88	10	2
Dermatology	140	73	20	7
Gynaecology	180	88	11	1

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Prepared 2 November 1998