AQW 1045/07 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail (a) the number of people on the waiting list for an appointment to see an orthopaedic consultant; (b) the waiting time for such appointments; and (c) the average time between the first appointment and referral for joint replacement surgery, for those patients so referred.
Asked by Naomi Long MLA on 25 June 2007
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 25 June 2007
- Answer due by
- 9 July 2007
- Answered
- 27 June 20072 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Information on (a) the number of people on the waiting list for an appointment to see an orthopaedic consultant and; (b) the waiting time for such appointments are contained in the table below.
Number of Patients in Northern Ireland waiting for a first outpatient appointment in the Trauma & Orthopaedics specialty at 31 March 2007
| Waiting time (in months) | 0-2 | 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-11 | Total number of patients waiting |
| Number of patients waiting | 7,285 | 3,471 | 0 | 1 | 10,757 |
Source- Departmental return CH3
Information on (c) the average time between the first appointment and referral for joint replacement surgery, for those patients so referred is not readily available and could only be complied at disproportionate cost.