Whole Journey information is split into the following areas:

Whole Journey
Cardiac	Cataract

The Scottish Government has confirmed its intention to introduce a new whole journey waiting time target of 18 weeks from GP referral to treatment by end December 2011. When details of this become available, they will appear on this website.

In the meantime, from end December 2007 there will be condition-specific referral to treatment targets for cataract surgery and cardiac treatment.

NHS Scotland currently lacks systems on a national basis to capture total patient journey information. A pragmatic interim solution has been to measure and report the best available information about the components (outpatient assessment, investigations and treatment) of these journeys. This will be an indicator of progress towards the targets.