The information requested is in the following tables:
Median waiting time for elective admission (weeks) Specialties Quarter ended March each year General surgery Urology Trauma and orthopaedics Ear, nose and throat (ENT) Ophthalmology Oral surgery Anaesthetics General medicine Obstetrics and Gynaecology All specialities 1997 13.3 8.5 16.6 11.5 16.6 16.1 7.7 7.5 10.9 12.0 1998 20.5 9.3 17.3 13.0 25.4 22.8 7.0 8.5 11.4 15.9 1999 11.6 9.5 16.7 14.9 19.1 12.8 n/a 8.4 14.8 13.1 2000 14.6 10.6 18.6 15.3 18.8 12.0 6.9 n/a 13.7 15.2 2001 15.1 9.9 19.4 15.8 23.6 8.4 n/a n/a 11.7 15.7 2002 17.2 10.5 19.2 20.1 21.4 7.7 n/a n/a 14.0 16.8 2003 12.5 10.9 18.3 16.2 17.7 9.5 n/a n/a 15.4 14.6 2004 13.4 9.6 12.9 9.6 9.8 10.8 7.1 12.0 13.9 11.7 2005 10.5 9.5 12.2 7.8 8.0 10.4 4.1 10.6 14.1 10.2 2006 10.0 9.3 10.2 8.4 5.9 8.3 5.1 4.7 9.2 8.5 2007 6.7 5.6 8.8 8.6 4.7 7.3 6.5 6.4 6.7 6.6 Note: Only includes specialities with over 100 patients. Source: Department of Health KH07.
Median waiting time for first outpatient appointment from a general practitioner referral to a consultant (weeks) Speciality Quarter ending March each year Anaesthetics Dermatology General surgery Urology Trauma and orthopaedics ENT 1997 10.2 4.5 3.9 10.1 11.1 6.3 1998 n/a 6.7 5.9 11.9 10.6 8.2 1999 9.9 9.2 7.6 16.5 13.0 9.5 2000 11.8 8.0 7.3 13.1 14.3 11.7 2001 8.7 7.2 3.9 7.8 13.0 7.0 2002 9.8 10.6 3.5 7.8 10.1 8.8 2003 8.9 10.7 4.8 7.9 11.6 9.6 2004 12.8 7.9 5.5 9.9 7.8 11.7 2005 17.9 7.4 6.3 11.0 8.8 11.9 2006 8.2 6.2 5.9 7.5 6.7 7.0 2007 n/a 3.1 3.1 n/a 3.6 2.6
Quarter ending March each year General medicine General-urinary medicine Oral surgery Geriatric medicine Neurology Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Obstetrics antenatal) 1997 8.0 n/a 7.2 n/a 12.4 3.3 1998 8.4 n/a 4.1 n/a 11.1 3.3 1999 9.6 n/a 3.8 3.5 18.4 5.8 2000 9.7 n/a 5.0 3.8 13.2 5.5 2001 9.2 n/a 4.2 5.7 19.8 6.4 2002 8.6 2.0 7.0 5.6 30.3 6.3 2003 8.2 2.0 3.8 6.5 13.4 6.6 2004 9.2 2.0 6.1 3.8 14.3 6.7 2005 7.7 2.0 7.5 3.3 11.5 6.4 2006 6.4 2.0 6.8 3.5 7.5 n/a 2007 3.8 n/a 3.6 n/a 4.3 n/a
Quarter ending March each year Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Gynaecology) Ophthalmology Orthodontics Paediatrics Rheumatology Total 1997 3.6 9.3 8.4 7.1 7.8 5.9 1998 4.3 9.9 11.6 8.4 7.3 6.6 1999 7.7 10.6 15.8 5.9 8.4 8.4 2000 8.3 11.5 17.6 7.5 5.5 8.9 2001 3.6 8.8 10.4 6.1 6.0 6.9 2002 3.7 7.9 11.3 6.5 6.8 6.1 2003 3.9 6.9 15.5 6.8 8.5 6.4 2004 5.0 7.8 15.6 5.9 9.9 6.4 2005 3.6 6.8 17.2 6.0 8.3 6.4 2006 3.8 4.8 9.9 7.2 7.9 5.4 2007 2.1 4.0 n/a 3.3 4.4 3.5 Note: Only includes specialities with over 100 patients Source: Department of Health QM08