Nearly 90% of patients receive their first outpatient appointment within 26 weeks.I have arranged for the information requested for NHS boards to be placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number: 33876) as it runs to 19 pages.NHSScotland: Number of Consultant-Led First Out-Patient Appointments, Following Referral by a General Medical or Dental Practitioner, Undertaken after 18 Months and After Two Years, by Specialty1, During the Quarter Ended 31 March 1999 NHS Board Specialty Number of Appointments Undertaken After: 18 Months 2 Years NHSScotland All Specialties 172 119 Cardiology 3 2 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2 2 Dermatology 7 6 Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) 9 8 Endocrinology and Diabetes 1 1 General Medicine 17 10 General Psychiatry (Mental Illness) 8 5 General Surgery 15 9 Gynaecology 8 4 Homeopathy 48 47 Neurology 2 2 Obstetrics 7 6 Ophthalmology 7 4 Oral Surgery 1 1 Orthodontics 15 1 Paediatrics 1 1 Plastic Surgery 3 1 Psychiatry of Old Age 3 2 Respiratory Medicine 1 1 Restorative Dentistry 1 - Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery 5 1 Urology 8 5 NHSScotland: Number of Consultant-Led First Out-Patient Appointments, Following Referral by a General Medical or Dental Practitioner, Undertaken after 18 Months and After Two Years, by Specialty1, During the Quarter Ended 30 June 1999 NHS Board Specialty Number of Appointments Undertaken After: 18 Months 2 Years NHSScotland All Specialties 161 70 Anaesthetics 1 - Cardiology 5 4 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 3 3 Dermatology 8 1 Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) 9 7 Endocrinology and Diabetes 1 - Gastroenterology 1 1 General Medicine 7 5 General Psychiatry (Mental Illness) 3 2 General Surgery 16 10 Gynaecology 10 6 Homeopathy 8 5 Neurology 2 2 Neurosurgery 2 2 Obstetrics 8 8 Ophthalmology 2 - Oral Medicine 1 1 Oral Surgery 2 1 Orthodontics 45 - Paediatric Surgery 1 - Paediatrics 1 - Plastic Surgery 3 2 Psychiatry of Old Age 7 2 Rheumatology 2 2 Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery 8 4 Urology 5 2 NHSScotland: Number of Consultant-Led First Out-Patient Appointments, Following Referral by a General Medical or Dental Practitioner, Undertaken after 18 Months and After Two Years, by Specialty1, During the Quarter Ended 31 March 2000 NHS Board Specialty Number of Appointments Undertaken After: 18 Months 2 Years NHSScotland All Specialties 250 91 Cardiology 5 - Clinical Genetics 2 1 Clinical Oncology 1 - Dermatology 54 2 Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) 4 2 Endocrinology and Diabetes 2 - Gastroenterology 4 - General Medicine 5 2 General Psychiatry (Mental Illness) 4 2 General Surgery 10 3 Geriatric Medicine 3 3 Gynaecology 3 1 Homeopathy 20 9 Neurology 7 - Obstetrics 4 2 Ophthalmology 10 3 Oral Surgery 4 1 Orthodontics 53 44 Paediatric Dentistry 2 1 Paediatric Surgery 3 - Paediatrics 1 1 Plastic Surgery 9 2 Psychiatry of Old Age 3 1 Renal Medicine 2 - Restorative Dentistry 3 2 Rheumatology 5 3 Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery 10 4 Urology 17 2 NHSScotland: Number of Consultant-Led First Out-Patient Appointments, Following Referral by a General Medical or Dental Practitioner, Undertaken after 18 Months and After Two Years, by Specialty1, During the Quarter Ended 31 March 2001 NHS Board Specialty Number of Appointments Undertaken After: 18 Months 2 Years NHSScotland All Specialties 1,022 675 Anaesthetics 3 1 Cardiology 3 3 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 3 1 Dermatology 4 - Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) 9 1 Endocrinology and Diabetes 3 1 Gastroenterology 2 - General Medicine 8 1 General Psychiatry (Mental Illness) 4 1 General Surgery 48 3 Geriatric Medicine 1 - Gynaecology 6 2 Haematology 1 - Homeopathy 661 632 Neurology 2 1 Obstetrics 1 1 Ophthalmology 18 7 Oral Surgery 34 - Orthodontics 8 1 Paediatric Surgery 24 1 Paediatrics 5 - Plastic Surgery 149 15 Respiratory Medicine 1 1 Restorative Dentistry 2 - Rheumatology 1 1 Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery 14 1 Urology 7 - NHSScotland: Number of Consultant-Led First Out-Patient Appointments, Following Referral by a General Medical or Dental Practitioner, Undertaken after 18 Months and After Two Years, by Specialty1, During the Quarter Ended 31 March 2002 NHS Board Specialty Number of Appointments Undertaken After: 18 Months 2 Years NHSScotland All Specialties 607 148 Anaesthetics 2 2 Cardiology 12 8 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1 - Clinical Genetics 1 - Clinical Oncology 1 1 Dermatology 23 6 Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) 24 4 Endocrinology and Diabetes 7 2 Gastroenterology 17 - General Medicine 27 20 General Psychiatry (Mental Illness) 3 - General Surgery 60 7 Gynaecology 8 1 Haematology 1 1 Homeopathy 68 12 Neurology 2 2 Obstetrics 2 2 Ophthalmology 26 3 Oral Medicine 1 - Oral Surgery 53 - Orthodontics 14 4 Paediatric Surgery 14 - Paediatrics 2 1 Plastic Surgery 141 53 Rehabilitation Medicine 2 2 Renal Medicine 1 1 Respiratory Medicine 1 - Restorative Dentistry 2 - Rheumatology 3 - Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery 71 8 Urology 17 8 NHSScotland: Number of Consultant-Led First Out-Patient Appointments, Following Referral by a General Medical or Dental Practitioner, Undertaken after 18 Months and After Two Years, by Specialty1, During the Quarter Ended 31 March 2003 NHS Board Specialty Number of Appointments Undertaken After: 18 Months 2 Years NHSScotland All Specialties 1 711 426 Anaesthetics 5 2 Cardiology 2 1 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 4 - Clinical Genetics 4 - Clinical Radiology 4 3 Dermatology 72 3 Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) 34 4 Endocrinology and Diabetes 37 1 Gastroenterology 16 1 General Medicine 92 69 General Practice 8 - General Psychiatry (Mental Illness) 2 - General Surgery 51 23 Gynaecology 6 3 Haematology 1 - Homeopathy 202 64 Neurology 4 - Obstetrics 2 1 Ophthalmology 305 33 Oral Medicine 11 9 Oral Surgery 44 9 Orthodontics 85 9 Paediatric Dentistry 24 19 Paediatric Surgery 47 17 Paediatrics 4 1 Plastic Surgery 85 25 Psychiatry of Old Age 1 1 Rehabilitation Medicine 1 1 Renal Medicine 4 1 Respiratory Medicine 12 - Restorative Dentistry 21 7 Rheumatology 7 2 Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery 334 116 Urology 180 1 Source: ISD Scotland...