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Waiting Times

Annual Key Points

Key points for the period ending 31 March 2006 (published May 2006).

The following points relate to acute specialties only.

  • The average (median) time waited for a new outpatient appointment following referral from a general medical practitioner or general dental practitioner was, provisionally, 54 days for the year ended 31 March 2006. This was slightly lower (by 2 days) than the previous year.

  • For patients routinely admitted from the waiting list as inpatients or day cases, the median waiting time experienced by patients treated in the year ending 31 March 2006 was, provisionally, 44 days, up 1 day from the previous year.