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07/09/2011
Diagnosis Waiting Times 'Show Increase'
There have been mixed conclusions as statistics were released today by the Department of Health on waiting times for diagnosis.
The monthly data published today gives the waiting times for 15 key diagnostic tests carried out in the NHS, with some being positive, but most are not so good.
The main findings this month show that the number of patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, waiting over six weeks for any one of the 15 key diagnostics tests at the end of July 2011, was 10,700, a decrease of 1,800 from June 2011, but recorded an increase of 7,000 from July 2010.
Of the patients waiting at the end of July 2011, 98.2% had been waiting under six weeks, compared to 97.9% in June 2011, and 99.3% in July 2010.
The quarterly census of all tests, carried out at the end of June 2011, indicates there are an additional 5,200 over six week waiters in tests not captured in the 15 included in the monthly return.
This is an increase of 300 over six-week waits since the March 2011 census.
(BMcC/GK)
The monthly data published today gives the waiting times for 15 key diagnostic tests carried out in the NHS, with some being positive, but most are not so good.
The main findings this month show that the number of patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, waiting over six weeks for any one of the 15 key diagnostics tests at the end of July 2011, was 10,700, a decrease of 1,800 from June 2011, but recorded an increase of 7,000 from July 2010.
Of the patients waiting at the end of July 2011, 98.2% had been waiting under six weeks, compared to 97.9% in June 2011, and 99.3% in July 2010.
The quarterly census of all tests, carried out at the end of June 2011, indicates there are an additional 5,200 over six week waiters in tests not captured in the 15 included in the monthly return.
This is an increase of 300 over six-week waits since the March 2011 census.
(BMcC/GK)
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