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New Outpatient - Other Referral Sources

 

The tables below present waiting times information on Scottish residents waiting or seen for a new NHS appointment at a consultant-led outpatient clinic following referral from a source other than their GP or dentist (GDP). In addition to mental health and obstetrics, this section also excludes patients waiting for a homeopathy appointment.

Waiting times are adjusted to deduct periods where the patient is unavailable (e.g. for medical or social reasons). Patients who cancel or don't attend an appointment have their waiting times clock reset to zero. Further information .

WAITING TIMES FOR A NEW OUTPATIENT APPOINTMENT PATIENTS REFERRED FROM SOURCES OTHER THAN A GP OR GDP COMPLETED WAITS FOR PATIENTS SEEN

Quarter ending
Referral Source Indicator 31-Mar-08 30-Jun-08 30-Sep-08
Consultant Number seen 46 149 51 281  51 334
Distribution of completed wait:
Median (days) 29 29   30
90th percentile (days) 104 101   99
<=3 weeks (%) 40.9 41.1   40.3
3-6 weeks (%) 22.1 22.0   21.5
  6-9 weeks (%) 14.0 14.8   15.1
9-12 weeks (%) 7.5 7.5   8.3
12-15 weeks (%) 6.1 5.9   6.8
15-18 weeks (%) 6.3 4.9   5.4
Over 18 weeks (%) 3.2 3.9   2.7
 
A&E Department Number seen 16 901 19 704   18 337
Distribution of completed wait:
Median (days) 2 2   2
90th percentile (days) 12 11   11
<=3 weeks (%) 95.2 95.5   94.8
3-6 weeks (%) 3.1 3.0   3.3
6-9 weeks (%) 0.9 0.8   1.1
9-12 weeks (%) 0.4 0.3   0.4
12-15 weeks (%) 0.2 0.2   0.3
15-18 weeks (%) 0.2 0.2   0.2
Over 18 weeks (%) 0.0 0.0   0.0
 
Other Sources Number seen 16 909 18 856   19 103
Distribution of completed wait:
Median (days) 9 14   17
90th percentile (days) 73 74   83
<=3 weeks (%) 62.8 57.2   54.1
3-6 weeks (%) 15.7 18.5   18.5
6-9 weeks (%) 9.1 11.0   11.7
9-12 weeks (%) 4.9 6.4   6.5
12-15 weeks (%) 3.9 3.5   4.5
15-18 weeks (%) 2.9 2.3   3.5
Over 18 weeks (%) 0.8 1.0   1.2


Source: Waiting Times Data Warehouse

Comparable information by NHS board of treatment, and for patients on waiting lists, is available below:

Notes:

Median: This is a measure of the typical (average) waiting time. The median is also known as the 50th percentile and signifies that 50% of patients waited up to the time shown; 50% waited longer.

90th percentile: The 90th percentile wait indicates the maximum time 9 out of every 10 patients waited. 90% of patients waited up to the time shown; 10% waited longer.

Other sources: This category includes patients referred by the prison service, the community health service, voluntary organisations and also self-referrals.

Distribution of completed wait: 3-6 weeks: This indicator comprises those patients who waited at least 22 days and not more than 42 days. Analogous reasoning applies to the other time bands.