Inpatient or Day Case Admission: Number Who Waited Over 12 Weeks
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Number who waited over 12 weeks for planned inpatient or day case treatment.
Numerator
Number who waited over 12 weeks for planned inpatient or day case treatment.
Denominator
The target population is people waiting for planned inpatient or day case treatment (inferred).
Exclusions
Obstetric services.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Waiting times datamart, an 'operational', dynamic database where records can be continually updated - NHS Boards submit extracts on a frequent basis from hospital patient administration systems for those people waiting for care. SMR01 holds episode level, discharge based information on acute hospital stays. These records have been used to calculate unadjusted waiting times based on date of admission.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Quarterly reports on Inpatient, Day case and Outpatient Stage of Treatment Waiting Times are available online. The patients' 'adjusted' waiting time is reported in the national statistics release - Inpatient, Day Case and New Outpatient Stage of Treatment .
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/20231201105624/https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Waiting-Times/Publications/2017-05-30/2017-05-30-WT-IPDCOP-Report.pdf?34661501647 webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/20231129155354/https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Waiting-Times/Inpatient-Day-Cases-and-Outpatients/data-mart/
Data reported at: www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/nhs-waiting-times-stage-of-treatment/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times-inpatients-day-cases-and-new-outpatients-31-august-2021 www.nhsinform.scot/waiting-times