Longest Waits - FOI Response Register

1. As of 30 June 2024, what is the longest adjusted period a patient has been waiting for an inpatient appointment in this health board. Please provide further detail on this procedure.

Longest adjusted wait = 699 days. This was for General Surgery.

2. As of 30 June 2024, what is the longest adjusted period a patient has been waiting for an outpatient appointment in this health board. Please provide further detail on this procedure.

Longest adjusted wait = 629 days. This was for Ophthalmology.

3. As of 30 June 2024, what is the longest adjusted period a patient has been waiting for a diagnostic test in this health board. Please provide further detail on this test. Please exclude diagnostic tests which occur after treatment.

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested. At 30 June 2024, MRI waits sat with NHS Grampian as NHS Shetland were only just starting the service

Please see below an article which should give you an idea of what kind of data I would like to be excluded. NHS Grampian refutes Tory ‘five-year wait for cancer scan’ claims | The National