How many people, classified according to need, are on the waiting list?
Waiting list be patient categories1
1The waiting list patient categories are:
- Urgent cases (waiting list category 1): Very urgent admission desirable for a condition that has the potential to deteriorate quickly, to the point that it may become an emergency. Admission within 30 days is desirable.
- Semi Urgent cases (waiting list category 2): Admission within 90 days acceptable for a condition causing some pain, dysfunction or disability but which is not likely to deteriorate quickly or become an emergency.
- Non Urgent cases (waiting list category 3): Admission at some time in the future acceptable for a condition causing minimal or no pain, dysfunction or disability which is very unlikely to deteriorate quickly and which does not have the potential to become an emergency.
Source: Hospital waiting list returns