- FoI Number
- 2024-690
- Subject
- Audiology
- Date Received
- 07/02/2025
- Request and Response
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- How many people were on a waiting list for an audiology appointment at the end of January 2025 (if possible please give the number as it stood at January 31 or closest to that date from figures available)?
Total waiting as of January 31 – 358 people
- What does the board estimate to be the average waiting times for each of the following audiology appointment groups: a) audiology assessment (first contact) appointment, b) assessment to fitting of hearing aid(s), c) assessment to treatment (excluding fitting of hearing aids)
a) 38 Weeks
b) 24 Weeks
c) N/A, Only medical devices fitted this period.
- The national target in Scotland is 18 weeks for Referral to Treatment. Using your latest recorded figures please state the percentage (%) of patients that were seen within the national target waiting time and the time period to which this figure refers.
19.3%
