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The following statistics were released by the Department of
Health:
Diagnostics waiting times %26 activity data: month ending July 2008 and
quarterly census, period ending 30 June 2008.
This data shows the NHS' progress in tackling the waiting times for
diagnostic tests like scans. The monthly data published today gives
the waiting times for 15 key diagnostic tests carried out in the NHS.
Also published is the latest quarterly census of all diagnostic
tests, which picks up longer waits in areas outside the 15 monthly
tests
This data will help the NHS in delivering the 18 week maximum wait
from GP to treatment, including all diagnostic tests, by end 2008.
More information, including a diagnostic data Q%26A, is available via
the 18 week website.
Main findings this month
- The number of patients, for whom English commissioners are
responsible, waiting over 6 weeks for one of the 15 key diagnostics
tests at the end of July 2008 was 11,100, an increase of 1,000
(10.0%) from June 2008, but a fall of 175,100 (94.0%) from July 2007.
- The number of patients, for whom English commissioners are
responsible, waiting over 13 weeks for one of the 15 key diagnostics
tests at the end of July 2008 was 4,100, an increase of 2,100
(105.8%) from June 2008, but a fall of 79,000 (95.1%) from July 2007.
- The quarterly census of all tests, carried out at the end of June
2008, indicates there are an additional 7,100 over 6 week waiters and
1,900 over 13 week waiters in tests not captured in the 15 included
in the monthly return. This is a fall of around 5,600 6 week waits
and 1,000 13 week waits since the March 2008 census.
Links:
Diagnostic data
18 week website
Department of Health, UK
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