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NHS Inpatient and Outpatient waiting times figures 31st January 2009.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-27 February 2009-UK Government: NHS Inpatient and Outpatient waiting times figures 31st January 2009(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Main Points This Month

Inpatient Waiting times

* The number of patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, waiting over the 26 weeks standard at the end of January 2009 was 106. Of these 106, none were English residents waiting in Welsh hospitals.

* The number of patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, waiting over 13 weeks at the end of January 2009 was 45,500, an increase of 6,000 (15.2%) from December 2008, but a fall of 7,500 (14.2%) from January 2008.

* The percentage of patients waiting under 13 weeks was 92.1%, compared to 92.9% in December 2008 and 90.8% in January 2008. The median waiting time of those still waiting at the end of January 2009 was 4.0 weeks.

Outpatient Waiting times

* The number of patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, waiting over the 13 weeks standard for a first outpatient appointment following GP referral at the end of January 2009 was 305.

Of these 305, 38 were English residents waiting in Welsh hospitals.

* The number of patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, waiting over 8 weeks at the end of January 2009 was 45,600, a decrease of 1,300 (2.8%) from December 2008, but a rise of 15,600 (52.1%) from January 2008.

* The percentage of patients waiting under 8 weeks was 94.4%, compared to 94.2% in December 2008 and 95.8% in January 2008. The median waiting time of those still waiting at the end of January 2009 was 2.2 weeks.

Inpatient Waiting Times

Table 1: Inpatient waiting list by time band - January 2006 to January2009, England (Commissioner based)

Month ending No of patients still waiting at month end by timeband1

to 13 weeks 13 to 26 26 plus Total Medianweeks weeks 2 wait(weeks)3

31 584,272 196,586 129 (32) 780,987 7.9January2006

31 571,658 183,035 299 (17) 754,992 7.6January2007

31 522,602 52,983 99 (1) 575,684 4.7January2008...

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