The percentage of attendees at genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinics in England who were seen in 14 days or more, May 2004 to February 2007 is given in the following table.
Audit Number seen in 14 or more days Total seen Percentage seen 14 or more days May 2004 2,268 13,683 17 Nov 2004 1,928 13,892 14 May 2005 4,137 16,441 25 Aug 2005 3,242 15,255 21 Nov 2005 3,236 15,514 21 Feb 2006 2,734 15,455 18 May 2006 2,599 16,869 15 Aug 2006 2,237 17,189 13 Nov 2006 1,760 17,490 10 Feb 2007 1,523 18,691 8 Notes: 1. The table gives the data for two weeks or more, rather than more than two weeks, as these are the data that are available. 2. The audit is based on quarterly one-week samples of new and rebooked attendees (a rebook attendee is defined for this audit as someone who has not been into the clinic for six weeks or more) who self complete a standard brief questionnaire. 3. All tables exclude responses that do not include a valid answer to the waiting time question (Q6 in February 2007 and Q5 in previous audits). From May 2006, responses that do not include a valid appointment day are also excluded. 4. See full methodology for details: www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/hiv_and_sti/epidemiology/Waiting_times_Introduction_Method_Feb2007.pdf