Surgery: Waiting Lists

(asked on 9th January 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery in the 12 NHS Trusts participating in the field test programme as part of the interim review of clinically-led access standards.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 14th January 2020

The average (median) waiting time for trauma and orthopaedic surgery in each National Health Service foundation trust in each month in 2018-19 is attached.

The average (median) waiting time for trauma and orthopaedic surgery in the NHS trusts participating in the field test programme as part of the interim review of clinically-led access standards is available in the following table:

Provider Code

Provider Name

November 2019 Average (median) waiting time (in weeks)

R1H

Barts Health NHS Trust

9.58

RP4

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

-

RA7

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

6.98

RBA

Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

10.53

RTP

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

6.43

RKB

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

9.30

RNS

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

7.56

RD8

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

10.81

RET

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

-

RXR

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

5.66

RCD

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

10.00

RWY

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

6.75

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