Press release -
Department of Health (National): Diagnostics waiting times and activity data, month ending 30 November 2010
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
The monthly data published today gives the waiting times for 15 key diagnostic tests carried out in the NHS.
More information, including a diagnostic data question and answers, are available on the DH website.
Main findings this month
- The number of patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, waiting over 6 weeks for any one of the 15 key diagnostics tests at the end of November 2010 was 5,700, an increase of 300 (6.2%) from October 2010, and 2,900 (90.2%) from November 2009.
- Of the patients waiting at the end of November 2010, 98.9% had been waiting under 6 weeks, compared to 99.0% in October 2010, and 99.4% in November 2009.
- This month, figures exclude data for University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, who did not submit a return
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Topics
- Government
Categories
- department of health (national)
- activity data