- FoI Number
- 2023-363
- Subject
- Referrals
- Date Received
- 18/09/2023
- Request and Response
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- What is the average waiting time in weeks, by month from end August 2022 – end August 2023 or the most recent month available and the preceding 12 months , for a) red flag, b) urgent and c) non-urgent diagnostic colonoscopy referrals?
Average Wait (Weeks)
Month
Routine
Urgent
Urgent Suspected Cancer
Sep-22
3.52
3.15
3.27
Oct-22
3.31
3.05
2.03
Nov-22
5.69
3.48
3.09
Dec-22
2.26
2.79
2.93
Jan-23
3.17
3.13
4.93
Feb-23
4.03
3.61
3.57
Mar-23
4.39
3.89
3.38
Apr-23
3.90
3.14
3.33
May-23
5.24
4.43
3.73
Jun-23
4.10
4.00
4.59
Jul-23
4.03
0.00
2.73
Aug-23
5.98
3.21
2.00
- What is the average waiting time in weeks, by month from end August 2022 – end August 2023 or the most recent month available and the preceding 12 months, for a) red flag, b) urgent and c) non-urgent diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy referrals?
Average Wait (Weeks)
Month
Routine
Urgent
Urgent Suspected Cancer
Sep-22
4.73
5.57
3.00
Oct-22
22.78
3.14
1.64
Nov-22
1.25
2.50
1.21
Dec-22
1.38
1.69
1.14
Jan-23
3.79
1.97
0.00
Feb-23
4.14
4.86
0.00
Mar-23
4.55
4.00
2.57
Apr-23
2.14
2.62
2.43
May-23
3.56
2.57
3.57
Jun-23
3.95
3.29
2.14
Jul-23
2.64
3.36
2.29
Aug-23
3.00
3.29
2.71
