– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 9 July 2002.
Question S1W-26873
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time for an appointment to see an orthopaedic surgeon in each NHS board area (a) is currently and (b) was in each of the last three years.
The median waiting times for a first out-patient appointment with an orthopaedic consultant, following referral by a General Medical Practitioner, by NHS board of residence, for the years ending 31 March 1999, 2000 and 2001, and the nine months to 31 December 2001, are given in the table.
NHSScotland: Median Waiting Times for a First Outpatient Appointment with an Orthopaedic Consultant, Following a General Medical Practitioner Referral, by NHS Board of Residence. Years Ended 31 March 1999, 2000, and 2001 and 9 Months To 31 December 2001P.
TOP" width="23%"> | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | 9 Months To |
NHS BOARD | 31 March 1999 | 31 March 2000 | 31 March 2001 | 31 December 2001P |
84 days | 78 days | 73 days | 84 days | |
50 days | 71 days | 79 days | 80 days | |
Borders | 55 days | 71 days | 70 days | 70 days |
81 days | 69 days | 91 days | 80 days | |
Fife | 81 days | 72 days | 76 days | 79 days |
89 days | 125 days | 160 days | 147 days | |
Grampian | 61 days | 58 days | 75 days | 91 days |
101 days | 98 days | 104 days | 118 days | |
Highland | 119 days | 138 days | 87 days | 93 days |
Lanarkshire | 103 days | 130 days | 115 days | 115 days |
Lothian | 82 days | 85 days | 88 days | 97 days |
Orkney | 28 days | 42 days | 42 days | 36 days |
Shetland | 52 days | 48 days | 60 days | 41 days |
Tayside | 44 days | 53 days | 63 days | 74 days |
59 days | 68 days | 61 days | 51 days | |
Scotland | 72 days | 78 days | 85 days | 91 days |
Source: ISD Scotland, SMR00.
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