What the current average waiting time is for a patient to have a planned NHS operation, broken down by sex.

The following table shows the number of ongoing waits along with the median (days) and 90th percentile (days) by sex for the patients covered by the Treatment Time Guarantee (TTG) at 31 March 2025.The statistics provided include the median wait and not an average.The median is used to indicate that roughly half of patients waited less than the statistic and half of patients waited longer. The median is used because an average (mean) could potentially be skewed incorrectly by a small number of very long waits that may be recorded in error in the national data. The 90th percentile is also included; this is used to indicate that 9 out of 10 ongoing waits at month-end are waiting less than or equal to the number of days shown.Table 1 – Total number of ongoing waits as an inpatient or day case for NHSScotland, at all specialty level broken down by sex, at 31 March 2025Sex1,2Ongoing waits1Median (days) 190th percentile (days) 1Male74,243161576Female84,1151735771.There were 78 ongoing waits where the sex was not recorded. This is due to patients that have opted out of sharing their personal information.2.Please note that the sex of a patient is taken from the Community Health Index (CHI), which is a register of all patients in NHSScotland.