Work by Te Whatu Ora to reduce waiting lists for orthopaedic elective surgery appears to be paying dividends, with the number of people waiting longer than a year for treatment declining.
Te Whatu Ora says it is making progress on a massive orthopaedic surgery backlog despite figures showing more than 14,000 people were waiting for operations at the end of September
Wait times in ED and for surgery for patients with broken hips worsened across both sides of the Tasman last year but were longest in Australia, a new report shows
Te Whatu Ora had a 13 per cent response rate in its initial survey of patients’ waiting times for planned care, out of a total of 20,339 people contacted nationally
Te Whatu Ora’s waiting list review is expected to provide the agency with more detailed data on its waitlists and is a continuation of the work started by last year’s Planned Care Taskforce
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