PHS FOI 2024-001880
- Date of request
- 29 May 2024
- Date of response
- 24 June 2024
- FOI request ID
- PHS FOI 2024-001880
- Waiting times
Request
“I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
I would like information regarding the number of patients who have died whilst on a waiting list for either treatment or tests.
As such, can I request the following, for BOTH the financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and the most recent data for 2024/25 AND the calendar years 2022, 2023 and 2024 (most recent data):
1)The total number of patients who have been removed from an NHS waiting list because they have died, with a breakdown of how long they were on the waiting list.”