The information is shown in the following tables.
Inpatient median waiting times, Commissioner Basis (Cornwall Area)
Weeks Specialty Period ending March 2007 General surgery 7.2 Urology 6.1 Trauma AND Orthopaedics 7.4 Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) 8.2 Ophthalmology 7.2 Oral surgery 7.4 Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgery 8.4 Neurosurgery 8.9 Plastic surgery 9.4 Cardiothoracic surgery 4.2 General medicine n/a Gastroenterology n/a Cardiology 4.6 Dermatology 5.2 Thoracic medicine n/a Genito-urinary medicine n/a Clinical Neuro-Physiology n/a Rheumatology n/a Paediatrics n/a Geriatric medicine n/a Gynaecology 7.2 All specialties 7.0
Weeks Period ending Specialty March 2006 March 2005 March 2004 March 2003 General surgery 6.0 6.9 9.1 8.7 Urology 6.6 9.2 9.4 10.4 Trauma and Orthopaedics 10.9 11.9 15.0 18.2 ENT 8.5 7.7 11.6 12.8 Ophthalmology 5.2 6.1 10.3 20.6 Oral surgery 8.2 8.9 8.9 7.5 Neurosurgery n/a n/a n/a n/a Plastic surgery 9.8 16.2 16.9 22.3 Cardiothoracic surgery n/a n/a n/a n/a Endocrinology n/a n/a n/a n/a Cardiology 7.6 8.2 10.8 n/a Dermatology 6.3 4.2 8.1 7.8 Gynaecology 8.5 8.0 10.7 14.5 Neuropathology n/a n/a n/a n/a All specialties 7.9 8.8 11.0 12.8
Weeks Period ending Specialty March 2006 March 2005 March 2004 March 2003 General surgery 9.0 9.9 11.4 15.2 Urology 6.1 8.2 10.4 10.5 Trauma and Orthopaedics 11.2 12.5 14.7 19.6 ENT 10.5 14.3 17.6 19.6 Ophthalmology 5.7 5.3 9.6 20.7 Oral surgery 8.2 9.9 10.0 9.9 Neurosurgery n/a n/a 9.5 n/a Plastic surgery 10.3 13.2 17.4 19.9 Cardiothoracic surgery n/a n/a 10.7 n/a Endocrinology n/a n/a n/a n/a Cardiology 8.0 10.8 10.7 10.1 Dermatology 7.4 9.9 9.1 n/a Gynaecology 7.8 7.8 12.7 14.4 Neuropathology n/a n/a n/a n/a All specialties 8.5 10.1 12.2 16.8
Weeks Period ending Specialty March 2006 March 2005 March 2004 March 2003 General surgery 7.9 9.8 11.4 12.8 Urology 7.3 7.4 9.3 10.7 Trauma and Orthopaedics 10.7 12.7 15.2 18.0 ENT 9.7 8.0 11.9 13.4 Ophthalmology 6.1 5.8 10.4 17.9 Oral surgery 8.0 8.0 8.6 7.8 Neurosurgery n/a n/a n/a n/a Plastic surgery 10.7 17.6 16.5 22.3 Cardiothoracic surgery n/a n/a 10.6 13.2 Endocrinology 6.6 n/a n/a n/a Cardiology 4.1 7.7 10.8 n/a Dermatology n/a 3.4 7.2 8.3 Gynaecology 8.5 7.5 10.7 13.3 Neuropathology n/a n/a n/a n/a All specialties 8.1 9.2 11.6 14.3
Weeks Period ending Specialty March 2002 March 2001 March 2000 March 1999 March 1998 March 1997 General surgery 12.2 13.1 11.5 11.1 12.0 10.6 Urology 11.7 13.2 10.5 12.5 11.7 11.4 Trauma and Orthopaedics 20.1 21.1 18.2 16.3 17.2 13.5 ENT 15.7 12.8 15.6 22.6 22.4 15.0 Ophthalmology 20.4 17.9 19.6 17.3 19.4 17.7 Oral surgery 7.8 8.7 11.2 16.5 13.5 12.3 Neurosurgery 14.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Plastic surgery 17.8 18.5 20.3 20.8 13.5 14.7 Cardiothoracic surgery 20.3 20.0 22.8 24.0 17.5 13.3 Gastroenterology n/a n/a n/a 8.7 16.1 9.8 Cardiology 17.0 20.3 28.3 19.2 13.9 14.6 Dermatology 8.0 7.9 7.7 7.3 7.1 7.0 Gynaecology 12.6 11.6 12.6 11.6 14.0 13.0 All Specialties 15.6 15.6 14.6 14.9 15.4 12.9 Notes: 1. The figures show the median waiting times for patients still waiting for admission at the end of the period stated. Inpatient waiting times are measured from decision to admit by the consultant to admission to hospital. 2. Median waiting times are calculated from aggregate data, rather than patient level data, and therefore are only estimates of the position on average waits. In particular, specialties with low numbers waiting are prone to fluctuations in the median. This should be taken into account when interpreting the data. 3. Medians are not provided for inpatients not seen with total of less than 50 because this population is too small for a statistically meaningful median to be calculated so a n/a shown in that case. 4. Up to March 2002, Cornwall and Isles of Stilly health authority was in existence. From April 2002 up to the end of September 2006, West of Cornwall PCT, North and East Cornwall PCT and Central Cornwall PCT represented the area. From October 2006 onwards these three trusts were merged to form Cornwall and Isles of Stilly PCT. Source: QF01