PHS FOI 2024-001948
- Date of request
- 12 September 2024
- Date of response
- 08 October 2024
- FOI request ID
- PHS FOI 2024-001948
- Waiting times
Request
“In relation to the request for the new information, here are the full request details:
- By year from 2017 to present, for all patients in Scotland, excluding NHS Lothian patients, that left the waiting list for inpatient care (an inpatient appointment), a breakdown of reasons for leaving the waiting list. Please include all categories you have recorded to the level of detail you are able to provide, but I would particularly like to see the following causes included:
- Appointment took place
- Death of patient
- Patient decided they no longer wanted care
- Patient had the care they were on the waiting list for privately
- By year from 2017 to present, for all patients in Scotland, excluding NHS Lothian patients, that left the waiting list for outpatient care, a breakdown of reasons for leaving the waiting list. Please include all categories you have recorded to the level of detail you are able to provide, but I would particularly like to see the following causes included:
- Appointment took place
- Death of patient
- Patient decided they no longer wanted care
- Patient had the care they were on the waiting list for privately”