Endoscopy
(asked on 7th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients waited more than six weeks for an endoscopy test in each year since 2010-11.
This question was answered on 12th June 2018
Data is not available in the format requested.
NHS England collects and publishes monthly data on waiting times and activity for diagnostic tests, including endoscopy tests which encompass four tests: colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, cystoscopy and gastroscopy.
Data on how many, and what proportion of patients waited more than six weeks for these tests from 2010-11 to 2017-18 is available in the attached table.