Written question asked by Lord Luce (Crossbench) on Thursday, 19 December 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 January 2020. It was answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 January 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Physiotherapy
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time for patients to see a NHS physiotherapist.
- Answer
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Physiotherapy services are commissioned locally by clinical commissioning groups. This includes agreeing and monitoring the waiting time to access services rather than this being set nationally.
A count of first outpatient attendances and the average (mean and median) waiting time in days, where the treatment specialty is physiotherapy, is shown in the following table. Data is for the 2018-19 financial year.
Year
First attendances
Mean waiting time (days)
Median waiting time (days)
2018-19
1,404,639
36.7
25
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (NHS Digital)
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL60
- Session
- 2019-21
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Waiting lists Physiotherapy
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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