Median Waiting Time for Booking of New Appointment at Specialist Outpatient Clinics in Public Healthcare Institutions

Debated in Parliament on 9 May 2022.

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Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Health for median waiting times over the past five years for new specialist outpatient appointments, split by all patients, private-paying, and subsidised patients, as well as the percentage of patients transferring to private healthcare and the number of non-urgent procedures postponed.
The Minister responded that public hospitals and National Specialist Centres reported 3% to 5% postponement of non-urgent procedures in 2021, and that data on patients switching to private healthcare is not tracked.
The Minister provided a table with the requested median waiting time data for each of the past five years, broken down by patient category.

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Leon Perera

Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Health for each year in the past five years (a) what is the median waiting time for the booking of a new appointment at specialist outpatient clinics in public healthcare institutions for (i) all patients, (ii) private-paying patients and (iii) subsidised patients; (b) what percentage of patients have transferred to private healthcare; and (c) what is the number of non-urgent procedures that have been postponed.

Ong Ye Kung

The requested data is shown in the table below:

Based on available data, the majority of the public hospitals and National Specialist Centres reported around 3% to 5% postponement of non-urgent procedures in 2021. The statistics of patients who have chosen to seek care at private healthcare institutions instead are not tracked by public hospitals and National Specialist Centres.

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Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Health for median waiting times over the past five years for new specialist outpatient appointments, split by all patients, private-paying, and subsidised patients, as well as the percentage of patients transferring to private healthcare and the number of non-urgent procedures postponed.
The Minister responded that public hospitals and National Specialist Centres reported 3% to 5% postponement of non-urgent procedures in 2021, and that data on patients switching to private healthcare is not tracked.
The Minister provided a table with the requested median waiting time data for each of the past five years, broken down by patient category.

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Median Waiting Time for Booking of New Appointment at Specialist Outpatient Clinics in Public Healthcare Institutions

Debated in Parliament on 9 May 2022.

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Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Health for median waiting times over the past five years for new specialist outpatient appointments, split by all patients, private-paying, and subsidised patients, as well as the percentage of patients transferring to private healthcare and the number of non-urgent procedures postponed.
The Minister responded that public hospitals and National Specialist Centres reported 3% to 5% postponement of non-urgent procedures in 2021, and that data on patients switching to private healthcare is not tracked.
The Minister provided a table with the requested median waiting time data for each of the past five years, broken down by patient category.

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Leon Perera

Ong Ye Kung

The requested data is shown in the table below:

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Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Health for median waiting times over the past five years for new specialist outpatient appointments, split by all patients, private-paying, and subsidised patients, as well as the percentage of patients transferring to private healthcare and the number of non-urgent procedures postponed.
The Minister responded that public hospitals and National Specialist Centres reported 3% to 5% postponement of non-urgent procedures in 2021, and that data on patients switching to private healthcare is not tracked.
The Minister provided a table with the requested median waiting time data for each of the past five years, broken down by patient category.

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Median Waiting Time for Booking of New Appointment at Specialist Outpatient Clinics in Public Healthcare Institutions

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Median Waiting Time for Booking of New Appointment at Specialist Outpatient Clinics in Public Healthcare Institutions

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