Tavistock: wait times for gender services
Dear Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust,
As a Freedom of Information request, please provide the following regarding wait times for gender identity services provided by your trust. Please provide separate data for your GIC (adult) and GIDS (child) services
1) Annual data
For each year from 2014 onwards (or, if 2014 is not available, from the most recent year available), please provide:
The number of people who received a referral for a first appointment
The number of people who were offered a first appointment
The average (mean) wait in weeks for a first appointment
The longest wait in weeks a patient waited for a first appointment.
The number of people who received a second appointment
The average (mean) wait in weeks for a second appointment
The longest wait in weeks a patient waited for a second appointment
Additionally, for each month for which there is data available between Jan 2014 and the most current date available at the point of production, please provide:
2) First appointments
The number of people waiting for a first appointment
The number of people offered a first appointment
Of the people who are being offered a first appointment, the month and year in which they were referred.
If available, the average (mean) time in weeks from referral to first appointment.
Is available, the longest wait time for a first appointment
3) Second appointments
The number of people who have received a first appointment and are waiting for a second one
The number of people offered a second appointment
Is available, of the patients who are being offered a second appointment, the month in which they were initially referred.
If available, the average (mean) time in weeks from referral to second appointment.
4) Overview
The number of new referrals received
The number of people currently waiting for some type of treatment or appointment
The number of people who complete treatment
Please provide such data electronically, ideally as a spreadsheet.
Yours faithfully,
Jonathan Fagg
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From: Jonathan Fagg <[3][FOI #1067072 email]>
Sent: Monday, January 8, 2024 8:51 AM
To: Freedom of Information Requests <[4][Tavistock and Portman NHS
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Subject: Freedom of Information request - Tavistock: wait times for gender
services
Dear Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust,
As a Freedom of Information request, please provide the following
regarding wait times for gender identity services provided by your trust.
Please provide separate data for your GIC (adult) and GIDS (child)
services
1) Annual data
For each year from 2014 onwards (or, if 2014 is not available, from the
most recent year available), please provide:
The number of people who received a referral for a first appointment
The number of people who were offered a first appointment
The average (mean) wait in weeks for a first appointment
The longest wait in weeks a patient waited for a first appointment.
The number of people who received a second appointment
The average (mean) wait in weeks for a second appointment
The longest wait in weeks a patient waited for a second appointment
Additionally, for each month for which there is data available between Jan
2014 and the most current date available at the point of production,
please provide:
2) First appointments
The number of people waiting for a first appointment
The number of people offered a first appointment
Of the people who are being offered a first appointment, the month and
year in which they were referred.
If available, the average (mean) time in weeks from referral to first
appointment.
Is available, the longest wait time for a first appointment
3) Second appointments
The number of people who have received a first appointment and are waiting
for a second one
The number of people offered a second appointment
Is available, of the patients who are being offered a second appointment,
the month in which they were initially referred.
If available, the average (mean) time in weeks from referral to second
appointment.
4) Overview
The number of new referrals received
The number of people currently waiting for some type of treatment or
appointment
The number of people who complete treatment
Please provide such data electronically, ideally as a spreadsheet.
Yours faithfully,
Jonathan Fagg
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