Orthopaedic patients wait longest

Just 25% of trauma and orthopaedic patients are treated within the 18 week target set by the Government's NHS Improvement Plan (July 2004) coming bottom of the league table, followed by 37% of oral surgery patients, 61% of cardiology patients and at the top of the table, 80% of patients requiring geriatric medicine.
 
"There is an urgent need to improve NHS treatment for orthopaedic patients. These results are extremely worrying." said Medical Technology Group (MTG) spokesperson, John Davis.