HOSPITAL SERVICES REPORT : ACCESS TO ELECTIVE SURGERY- MAR97

How many people who appear on the waiting list are treated each quarter?

Waiting list additions and completed cases¹

¹Note that this does not represent the size of the waiting list at any one point in time. Throughout the quarter, patients are continuously added to and treated from the waiting list according to clinical assessment of need.

²Treated patients includes cases taken off the waiting list when they have undergone the planned procedure as well as cases booked to undergo the planned procedure and cases in which the previously intended procedure is cancelled.

Source: Hospital waiting list returns.