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NTPF Publishes November 2024 National Public Hospital Waiting List Data

The latest public hospital waiting list data was published today by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). 

According to the data, at the end of November 2024:

  • 88,296 patients were waiting for an appointment for their inpatient or day case treatment.
  • 24,819 patients were waiting to receive an appointment for their GI Endoscopy.
  • 572,403 patients are waiting for a first hospital outpatient consultation.

In addition, the NTPF publishes data on Pre-admit, Planned Procedure and Suspension lists. 

67,078 patients are classified as suspended.  Patients who are temporarily unfit or unable to attend due to clinical or personal/social reasons are categorised as ‘Suspension’.  The Suspension category is also used where patients are being treated through various Insourcing or Outsourcing Initiatives.The latest public hospital waiting list data was published today by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). 

The Pre-Admit data shows that 32,901 have been given a date for their Inpatient / Day Case or Endoscopy procedure.

104,397 patients are recorded in the Planned Procedure category and 75,088 of these patients have indicative dates in the future or have an appointment.  These are patients who have already had treatment and require further treatment at a future date (e.g. a patient who has had a scope may require surveillance monitoring scopes in the future) and have been assigned indicative dates for treatment. These indicative dates are determined by a clinician and treatment before these dates would not be appropriate.  As more patients are initially seen and given a follow-up appointment for ongoing treatment or surveillance the number of patients on the Planned Procedure list increases.

The reports can be viewed on our Interactive Dashboard or our downloadable Open Data reports.