Question reference: S6W-02527
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 1 September 2021
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 September 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been on a waiting list for pulmonary rehabilitation in each quarter since Q1 in 2018-19, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. Statistics on patients waiting for pulmonary rehabilitation are not held by Public Health Scotland (PHS). Waiting times statistics relating to specific conditions a patient is waiting to be seen for are not held centrally.
Statistics relating to the waits patients experience for new outpatient appointments and inpatient or day case admission at specialty level are published up to 30 June 2021 using the link https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/nhs-waiting-times-stage-of-treatment/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times-inpatients-day-cases-and-new-outpatients-31-august-2021/ .