Question reference: S6W-04985
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 10 December 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 January 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have currently been referred for orthopaedic treatment in (a) NHS Highland and (b) Scotland but have not yet been given a treatment date.
Answer
Public Health Scotland (PHS) publishes quarterly statistics relating to the waits patients experience for new outpatient appointments and inpatient or day case admission at specialty and health board level using the links below.
https://beta.isdscotland.org/find-publications-and-data/healthcare-resources/waiting-times/
The latest statistics were published on 30 th November 2021 and the following tables will be of interest.
New outpatient appointments (tab: 1.4 Table):
https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/10563/newop_nov21.xlsx
Inpatient or day case admission (tab: 2.4 Table):
https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/10487/ipdc_nov21.xlsx
The statistics published in the tables above include additions to the waiting list and not referrals as the national data captures only those referrals that lead to a patient being added to the waiting list for an appointment or admission.