Page last updated: 26-AUG-2008

New Outpatient - Introduction

 

This section of the website presents information on waiting times for new outpatient appointments.

New outpatient information is split into the following areas:

New Outpatient
All of the information published in this section relates to patients waiting or seen for a new NHS appointment at a consultant-led outpatient clinic (the specialties of mental health and obstetrics are excluded).
Information in these sections relates only to patients covered by the national waiting times standard set by the Scottish Government. That is, Scottish residents waiting or seen for a new NHS appointment at a consultant-led outpatient clinic following referral from their GP or dentist (GDP). In addition to mental health and obstetrics, this section also excludes patients waiting or seen for a homeopathy appointment.
Information in the 'Other referral sources' section relates to the same patients as above, but focuses on those referred by sources other than a GP or dentist (GDP), for example patients referred by A&E departments or other consultants.
Information in this section relates to the full cohort of patients included in the New Outpatient section.

 

The table below shows the number of patients waiting for a new outpatient appointment, split into the cohorts used in each of the above sections.

ALL PATIENTS ON WAITING LIST FOR A NEW OUTPATIENT APPOINTMENT

  Census date
 
Indicator 31-Mar-08 30-Apr-08 31-May-08 30-Jun-08
Number on list 212 754 224 026 239 602 251 928
Of which: Number referred by GP / GDP 162 410 172 832 186 050 195 908
Number referred by consultant / A&E department / other source 49 270 50 031 52 333 54 711
  Number of non-Scottish residents / waiting for a homeopathy appointment 1 074 1 163 1 219 1 309

Source: Waiting Times Data Warehouse

Comparable information by NHS board of treatment is available below:

Number on list: This is the total number of patients waiting for a new NHS appointment at a consultant-led outpatient clinic (the specialties of mental health and obstetrics are excluded).

This cohort of patients is used for the Patient Activity section.

Number referred by GP / GDP: This is a subset of Total on List, and comprises those patients who were covered by national waiting times standards set by the Scottish Government. That is, Scottish residents waiting for a new NHS appointment at a consultant-led outpatient clinic following referral from their GP or dentist. In addition to mental health and obstetrics, this line also excludes patients waiting for a homeopathy appointment.

This cohort of patients is used for the Outpatient Standard, Patients Waiting, Patients Seen, and Episode Length sections.

Patients referred by consultant / A&E department / other source: This is a subset of Total on List and comprises Scottish residents waiting for a new NHS appointment at a consultant-led outpatient clinic following referral from a consultant, A&E department or other source (for example self-referrals, and patients referred by community health services). These patients are not covered by national waiting times standards set by the Scottish Government.

This cohort of patients is used for the Other Referral Sources section.

Number of non-Scottish residents / waiting for a homeopathy appointment: This is a subset of Total on List and comprises those patients who are not Scottish residents and those who were waiting for a homeopathy appointment. These patients are not covered by national waiting times standards set by the Scottish Government.

This cohort of patients is not separately covered by any section of the webpages.