Deaths on Waiting List - FOI Response Register

FoI Number
2023-346
Subject
Deaths on Waiting List
Date Received
11/09/2023
Request and Response

Can I request the following, for the financial years 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and the most recent data for 2023/24?

  1. The total number of patients who have been removed from an NHS waiting list because they have died, with a breakdown of how long they were on the waiting list.
Row Labels 0-10 weeks 11-20 weeks 21-30 weeks 30-40 weeks 40-50 weeks 50+ Weeks Grand Total
2019/2020 9 2 1 0 0 0 12
2020/2021 12 4 0 1 1 0 18
2021/2022 12 3 2 2 0 4 23
2022/2023 23 5 3 0 1 0 32
2023/2024 9 2 1 2 0 1 15
Grand Total 65 16 7 5 2 5 100

lease note that these details relate to patients on a ‘New Waiting List’ only

The following specialties have been included in the Waiting Lists –

Dermatology

Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT)

General Medicine

General Surgery

GP Other than Obstetrics

Gynaecology

Ophthalmology

Oral Surgery

Pain Management

Renal Medicine

Rheumatology