- FoI Number
- 2023-278
- Subject
- Dental Waiting Times
- Date Received
- 14/08/2023
- Request and Response
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Please note some waiting list entries were recorded as Pre-Vetting Referral List and it was not possible to determine whether these were Inpatient or Outpatient waits. Therefore they have not been included in these figures.
- What the (a) longest and (b) average waiting time has been in each year since 2019 for all new outpatients under the age of 18 for dental specialties, in weeks?
Year
Average Wait
Longest Wait
2019
7.1
25.6
2020
24.3
40.3
2021
7.2
11.3
2022
7.9
14.9
2023
6.5
12.9
- What the (a) longest and (b) average waiting time has been in each year since 2019 for all inpatient or day case admissions under the age of 18 for dental specialties, in weeks?
Year
Average Wait
Longest Wait
2019
4.7
12.6
2020
7.9
36.6
2021
9.2
34.1
2022
7.9
30.0
2023
10.0
31.4
