Memorandum by the Department of Health
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE QUESTIONNAIRE 2001
Table 4.16.1
INPATIENT WAITING LIST STATISTICS (ORDINARY
ADMISSIONS AND DAY CASES) AT 31 MARCH 2001 (NHS TRUST-BASED):
TIME ON WAITING LIST
Source: KH07 NHS Trust-based
Table 4.16.2
INPATIENT WAITING LIST STATISTICS AT 31 MARCH
2001 (RESPONSIBLE POPULATION BASED): TIME ON WAITING LIST
Source: QF01 Health Authority based
Table 4.16.3
MEAN & MEDIAN WAITING TIMES (MONTHS)
FROM MARCH 1988
Source: KH07 and QF01
Footnotes:
1. The NHS Trust based information includes
patients waiting to be admitted to NHS hospitals in England either
as a day case or ordinary admission.
2. The responsible population based information
excludes patients living outside England and all privately funded
patients waiting for treatment in NHS hospitals. However, it does
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
NHS trust based returns.
3. Data not available prior to quarter ending
30 June 1996.
4.16b Could the Department provide an
update of Tables 4.15.4 to 4.15.8 on outpatient waiting times?
3. The first NHS Trust based outpatient
data published were for the quarter ended 30 September 1994.
They have since been published on a quarterly basis. The first
published data on patients still waiting for more than 13 and
26 weeks were for the quarter ended 30 September 1996. A resident-based
outpatient return has been collected from Health Authorities from
April 1997 to March 1999, then collected on a Health Authorities
responsible population from April 1999.
4. Health Authorities and NHS Trusts are
working towards seeing all patients within 26 weeks of being referred
by their GP. During the quarter ending 31 March 2001, 76 per
cent of patients were seen within 13 weeks and 94 per cent were
seen within 26 weeks. Table 4.16.4 shows the number of GP written
referrals which, on 31 March 2001, had not yet been seen but had
been waiting for 13 to under 26 weeks and 26 weeks and over.
5. Tables 4.16.4 to 4.16.8 show information
on outpatient waiting times for the quarter ending 31 March 2001.
Table 4.16.4
PATIENTS NOT YET SEEN FOLLOWING GP WRITTEN
REFERRAL, TIME WAITING FROM REFERRAL TO QUARTER ENDED 31 MARCH
2001
Source: QM08. NHS Trust-based figures.
Table 4.16.5
PATIENTS SEEN FOLLOWING GP WRITTEN REFERRAL
AND TIME WAITED FROM REFERRAL TO CONSULTATION, QUARTER ENDED 31
MARCH 2001
Source: QM08. NHS Trust-based figures.
Table 4.16.6
PATIENTS SEEN FOLLOWING GP WRITTEN REFERRAL
AND TIME WAITED FROM REFERRAL TO CONSULTATION, QUARTER ENDED 31
MARCH 2001
Source: QM08. NHS Trust-based figures.
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