FoI Number
2024-072
Subject
Gynaecology Referrals
Date Received
24/04/2024
Request and Response

For each financial year from 2018/19 to 2023/24 (most recent):

Figures provided below are regarding patients on new gynaecology waiting lists.

  1. The total number of referrals for a gynaecology appointment.

Year

Referrals

2018-19

517

2019-20

592

2020-21

518

2021-22

638

2022-23

678

2023-24

814

  1. The median wait (in days) for a gynaecology appointment.

Median Completed waits for those who were seen:

Year

Median Wait

2018-19

37

2019-20

30.5

2020-21

43

2021-22

43

2022-23

34

2023-24

39

  1. The longest completed waited (in days) for a gynaecology appointment.

Longest Completed waits for those who were seen:

Year

Longest Wait

2018-19

370

2019-20

453

2020-21

410

2021-22

410

2022-23

384

2023-24

274

  1. The longest ongoing wait (in days) for a gynaecology appointment.

As of 29/05/2024 317 days. There are no ongoing waits from before 2023-24.

  1. The number of gynaecology appointments cancelled by the health board.

Please note the options available within the system to record the cancellation of appointments has changed over time. Additionally we are aware of instances where patient initiated cancellations have been recorded as hospital initiated and vice versa.

Financial Year

Cancellations

2018-19

53

2019-20

140

2020-21

88

2021-22

45

2022-23

101

2023-24

180