NHS Diagnostic and Therapy Services Waiting Times: At End March 2010

The latest statistics on waiting times for specified diagnostic and therapy services (see release for details of services included) for the NHS in Wales produced by the Welsh Assembly Government were released on 13 May 2010 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Statistics on NHS Wales Diagnostic & Therapy Services waiting times include data for all patients, irrespective of their area of residence, waiting for specified diagnostic & therapy services at Welsh Local Health Boards for the period up to the end of March 2010. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 8th April 2010.

The key points from the latest release are:

• The number of people waiting more than 8 weeks for specified diagnostic services rose over the month from 1,926 to 2,199.
• The number of people waiting more than 14 weeks for specified therapy services fell over the month from 727 to 403.

Further information can be found on the StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2080 1268
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

10 June 2010