What the average waiting time is for a tonsillectomy at (a) Vale of Leven Hospital, (b) the Royal Alexandra Hospital, and (c) Inverclyde Ro…

Answered Asked by Colin Campbell SNP Lodged 26 Apr 2001

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is for a tonsillectomy at (a) Vale of Leven Hospital, (b) the Royal Alexandra Hospital, and (c) Inverclyde Royal Hospital.

The answer

Answered by Susan Deacon on 24 May 2001 · 28 days after it was lodged, 14 days after it was due

Provisional figures for the year ending 31 December 2000 show that the median waiting times for tonsillectomies at Vale of Leven Hospital and the Royal Alexandra Hospital were 161 days and 56 days respectively. No elective tonsillectomy operations are undertaken at Inverclyde Royal Infirmary.

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