What percentage of the total number of general practitioner/general dental practitioner referrals to outpatients' departments were seen wit…

Answered Asked by Mary Scanlon Con Lodged 10 Jul 2000

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the total number of general practitioner/general dental practitioner referrals to outpatients' departments were seen within nine weeks for each quarter from March 1997 to March 2000, listed by health board and for Scotland as a whole.

The answer

Answered by Susan Deacon on 25 Oct 2000 · 107 days after it was lodged, 86 days after it was due

Information on outpatient waiting times is collected centrally only for first outpatient appointments with a consultant, following referral by a general medical practitioner/general dental practitioner.This data is available by health board of residence, by NHS Trust of treatment and by specialty in Scottish Health Statistics, which is published annually by the Information and Statistics Division of the Common Services Agency. Copies are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 6937).

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-08624 by reference.