New snapshot figures show that 99.8% of patients in Scotland are waiting less than nine weeks for inpatient and day case treatment. The numbers for June 30, 2010 which were published by ISD Scotland represent the best ever performance by NHS Scotland and show that the health service continues to exceed the national waiting times standard of 12 weeks for inpatient and day case treatment.
In addition to this, no patient waited more than six weeks for the eight key diagnostic tests, while 99.8% of patients received one of the eight key diagnostic tests within four weeks. The outpatient target also continues to be met with 99.9% of all patients waiting less than 12 weeks to be seen. Additionally 97.5% of those attending Accident and Emergency were seen within the four hour target time.
