Skin Diseases: Health Services
(asked on 16th September 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) the latest data on waiting times for a dermatology appointment in England and (b) comparable data for the last three years.
The following table shows the median waiting times in the last three years for National Health Service dermatology services in England.
Month | Median waiting time in weeks |
July 2018 | 6.1 |
August 2018 | 6.7 |
September 2018 | 7.2 |
October 2018 | 6.9 |
November 2018 | 6.9 |
December 2018 | 7.8 |
January 2019 | 7.6 |
February 2019 | 6.1 |
March 2019 | 6.2 |
April 2019 | 6.6 |
May 2019 | 6.9 |
June 2019 | 6.6 |
July 2019 | 6.5 |
August 2019 | 7.4 |
September 2019 | 7.6 |
October 2019 | 7.7 |
November 2019 | 8 |
December 2019 | 8.8 |
January 2020 | 8.7 |
February 2020 | 7.4 |
March 2020 | 8.9 |
April 2020 | 12.2 |
May 2020 | 14.9 |
June 2020 | 16.6 |
July 2020 | 12.9 |
August 2020 | 9.5 |
September 2020 | 9 |
October 2020 | 9 |
November 2020 | 8.7 |
December 2020 | 9.7 |
January 2021 | 10.5 |
February 2021 | 10.4 |
March 2021 | 8 |
April 2021 | 7.7 |
May 2021 | 7.7 |
June 2021 | 7.6 |
July 2021 | 8.4 |
Source:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/