Further to the answer to question S2W-14562 by Mr Andy Kerr on 16 March 2005, what the most recent average waiting times are for a first ou…

NHSScotland has made excellent progress in reducing long waits for patients. On 30 September 2005, the number of patients waiting more than 26 weeks for a first outpatient appointment with a consultant in neurology, following referral, was 986 compared with 1,841 on 30 September 2004
- a reduction of 46%.
The number of first out-patient neurology appointments and the median waiting time for a first out-patient appointment with a consultant in the specialty of neurology, following referral by a general medical practitioner, by NHS board of residence, in the year ended 30 September 2005, is given in the table.
NHSScotland: Number of First Out-Patient Appointments and Median Waiting Times for a First Out-Patient Appointment with a Consultant in the Specialty of Neurology, Following Referral by a General Medical Practitioner, by NHS Board Area of Residence, Year Ended 30 September 2005P
NHS Board
| Number of Appointments
| Median Waits
(Days)

Argyll and Clyde
| 1,226
| 101

Ayrshire and Arran
| 547
| 95

Borders
| 323
| 100

Dumfries and Galloway
| 264
| 85

Fife
| 1,197
| 118

Forth Valley
| 671
| 74

Grampian
| 1,924
| 54

Greater Glasgow
| 3,750
| 92

Highland
| 395
| 130

Lanarkshire
| 1,067
| 127

Lothian
| 4,758
| 36

Orkney
| 16
| 60*

Shetland
| 22
| 74*

Tayside
| 1,401
| 188

Western Isles
| 55
| 168


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Scotland
| 17,616
| 83

Source: SMR00, ISD Scotland.
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Notes:
*Figures should be treated with caution as they are derived from a possible unrepresentatively small number of appointments (more than 14 but less than 50).
Excludes patients with an Availability Status Code.