Information on waitinglists and waiting times for England is available at http://www.performance.doh.gov.uk/waitingtimes/index.htmTable1NHSScotland:Number Of Patients On The Waiting List For A First Out-patient Appointment,Following A General Medical/Dental Practitioner Referral, And The Rate Per100,000 Of Population On Each Quarterly Census Date From 30 September 2004 To 31 March 2006. Census Date Number of Outpatient Waiting List Waiting List Per 100,000 of Population 30 September 2004 250,394 4,931 31 December 2004 231,105 4,551 31 March 2005 202,391 3,973 30 June 2005 209,226 4,107 30 September 2005 209,514 4,112 31 December 2005 178,109 3,496 31 March 2006 177,973 3,493 Source ISD Outpatient Waiting List,General Register Office for ScotlandTable 2NHScotland: Median And Mean WaitingTimes1 For A First Out-patient Appointment, Following A General Medical/DentalPractitioner Referral, For Each Quarter From 30 June 2002 To 31 March 2006p Quarter Ending Median Wait1 (Days) Mean Wait1 (Days) 30 June 2002 56 86 30 September 2002 60 89 31 December 2002 59 92 31 March 2003 58 93 30 June 2003 53 86 30 September 2003 55 88 31 December 2003 54 88 31 March 2004 55 91 30 June 2004 51 85 30 September 2004 55 90 31 December 2004 56 97 31 March 2005 62 105 30 June 2005 52 85 30 September 2005 54 81 31 December 2005 57 85 31 March 2006p 50 70 Source ISD SMR00pProvisional1 Excludes patients with anAvailability Status Code eg where the patient has refused a reasonable offer ofan appointment.