FoI Number
2024-099
Subject
Waiting List Deaths
Date Received
08/05/2024
Request and Response

I would like information regarding the number of patients who have died whilst on a waiting list for either treatment or tests.

As such, can I request the following, for the financial years 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 and the most recent data for 2024/25?

  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.

Year

Removals

2019-20

12

2020-21

18

2021-22

23

2022-23

31

2023-24

30

2024-25 (to 14/06/24)

2

 

Year

<12 Weeks

>= 12 Weeks

2019-20

11

1

2020-21

14

4

2021-22

12

11

2022-23

22

9

2023-24

15

15

2024-25 (to 14/06/24)

2

0