Patients Waiting
Number of patients waiting for the first appointment during any given quarter at health board level, Scotland totals are also included. The target wait for AHP MSK Services from referral to first clinical out-patient appointment is 4 weeks (for 90% of patients). Latest Publication
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Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month | numeric | The reference period as month (YYYYMM) | |
| HBT | text | 9-digit code for health board of treatment and country code for Scotland | |
| Specialty | text | Data is presented for All Specialties, Chiropody/Podiatry, Occupational Therapy, Orthotics and Physiotherapy | |
| PatientsWaiting | numeric | Number of patients waiting for an appointment | |
| PatientsWaitingQF | text | Qualifier for PatientsWaiting | |
| NumberWaitingZeroToFourWeeks | numeric | Number of patients who were waiting 0-4 weeks for an appointment | |
| NumberWaitingZeroToFourWeeksQF | text | Qualifier for NumberWhoWaitedZeroToFourWeeks | |
| NumberWaitingFiveToEightWeeks | numeric | Number of patients who were waiting 5-8 weeks for an appointment | |
| NumberWaitingFiveToEightWeeksQF | text | Qualifier for NumberWhoWaitedFiveToEightWeeks | |
| NumberWaitingNineToTwelveWeeks | numeric | Number of patients who were waiting 9-12 weeks for an appointment | |
| NumberWaitingNineToTwelveWeeksQF | text | Qualifier for NumberWhoWaitedNineToTwelveWeeks | |
| NumberWaitingThirteenToSixteenWeeks | numeric | Number of patients who were waiting 13-16 weeks for an appointment | |
| NumberWaitingThirteenToSixteenWeeksQF | text | Qualifier for NumberWhoWaitedThirteenToSixteenWeeks | |
| NumberWaitingSixteenPlusWeeks | numeric | Number of patients who were waiting 16+ weeks for an appointment | |
| NumberWaitingSixteenPlusWeeksQF | text | Qualifier for NumberWhoWaitedSixteenPlusWeeks | |
| NumberWaitingFourPlusWeeks | numeric | Number of patients who were waiting 4+ weeks for an appointment | |
| NumberWaitingFourPlusWeeksQF | text | Qualifier for NumberWhoWaitedFourPlusWeeks | |
| NumberWaitingZeroToFourWeeksPc | numeric | Percentage of patients who were waiting 0-4 weeks for an appointment | |
| NumberWaitingZeroToFourWeeksPcQF | text | Qualifier for NumberWhoWaitedZeroToFourWeeksPercentage | |
| NumberWaitingFiveToEightWeeksPc | numeric | Percentage of patients who were waiting 5-8 weeks for an appointment | |
| NumberWaitingFiveToEightWeeksPcQF | text | Qualifier for NumberWhoWaitedFiveToEightWeeksPercentage | |
| NumberWaitingNineToTwelveWeeksPc | numeric | Percentage of patients who were waiting 9-12 weeks for an appointment | |
| NumberWaitingNineToTwelveWeeksPcQF | text | Qualifier for NumberWhoWaitedNineToTwelveWeeksPercentage | |
| NumberWaitingThirteenToSixteenWeeksPc | numeric | Percentage of patients who were waiting 13-16 weeks for an appointment | |
| NumberWaitingThirteenToSixteenWeeksPcQF | text | Qualifier for NumberWhoWaitedThirteenToSixteenWeeksPercentage | |
| NumberWaitingSixteenPlusWeeksPc | numeric | Percentage of patients who were waiting 16+ weeks for an appointment | |
| NumberWaitingSixteenPlusWeeksPcQF | text | Qualifier for NumberWhoWaitedSixteenPlusWeeksPercentage | |
| NumberWaitingFourPlusWeeksPc | numeric | Percentage of patients who were waiting 4+ weeks for an appointment | |
| NumberWaitingFourPlusWeeksPcQF | text | Qualifier for NumberWhoWaitedFourPlusWeeksPercentage | |
| MedianWaitWeeks | numeric | Number of weeks half the patients are waiting on the list | |
| MedianWaitWeeksQF | text | Qualifier for MedianWaitWeeks | |
| NinetiethPercentileWaitWeeks | numeric | Number of weeks 90 percent of the patients are waiting on the list | |
| NinetiethPercentileWaitWeeksQF | text | Qualifier for NinetiethPercentileWaitWeeks |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | December 21, 2021 |
| Metadata last updated | October 14, 2019 |
| Created | October 14, 2019 |
| Format | text/csv |
| License | UK Open Government Licence (OGL) |
| created | over 2 years ago |
| datastore active | True |
| format | CSV |
| has views | True |
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| last modified | 1 month ago |
| mimetype | text/csv |
| on same domain | True |
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| position | 2 |
| revision id | fed84f33-337b-4a79-afd4-1b77f705727d |
| size | 244.6 KiB |
| state | active |
| url type | upload |