Average Waiting Times for Appointments with Radiographers and Therapists at Public Hospitals

Dr Choo Pei Ling asked the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health in the past year, what are the average durations that patients have to wait for an appointment with (i) diagnostic radiographers (ii) occupational therapists (iii) physiotherapists (iv) radiation therapists and (v) speech-language therapists in public hospitals, respectively.

Waiting times vary depending on the severity and urgency of patients' conditions. The Ministry of Health does not track the waiting times for allied health services at the national level. Nonetheless, public healthcare institutions have reported a median waiting time of within a day to up to two months, depending on the conditions of the patients, for the five different allied health services.