Legislative Council Q2

Table 1

Waiting time for first appointment of new SOP cases in 2007-08
by major specialties under the Hospital Authority

Median (Week) / 99th Percentile (Week)
Ear, Nose and Throat / 6 / 102
Gynaecology / 11 / 106
Medicine / 9 / 92
Ophthalmology / 4 / 103
Orthopaedics / 8 / 105
Paediatrics / 4 / 50
Psychiatry / 4 / 121
Surgery / 17 / 206
All Specialties / 7 / 172

Legislative Council Q2

Table 2

Number of new cases and waiting time for major specialties

in 2007-08 under the Hospital Authority

Waiting Time
< 1 year / 1 - 2 years / 2 - 3 years / >3 years / Total Number of New Cases Booked
Number / % / Number / % / Number / % / Number / %
Ear, Nose and Throat / 61 369 / 87% / 8 632 / 12% / 465 / < 1% / 0 / 0% / 70 466
Gynaecology / 50 768 / 94% / 2 413 / 4% / 570 / 1% / 0 / 0% / 53 751
Medicine / 84 069 / 90% / 9 139 / 10% / 13 / < 1% / 6 / < 1% / 93 227
Ophthalmology / 86 196 / 86% / 13 313 / 13% / 805 / < 1% / 0 / 0% / 100 314
Orthopaedics / 62 940 / 79% / 15 532 / 20% / 793 / 1% / 0 / 0% / 79 265
Paediatrics / 22 116 / 99% / 205 / < 1% / 11 / < 1% / 0 / 0% / 22 332
Psychiatry / 31 322 / 88% / 3 666 / 10% / 516 / 1% / 140 / < 1% / 35 644
Surgery / 98 094 / 73% / 20 689 / 15% / 6 459 / 5% / 8 734 / 7% / 133 976
All Specialties / 588 230 / 86% / 73 875 / 11% / 9 770 / 1% / 8 881 / 1% / 680 756