And about 450 outpatients were found to be waiting longer than the 17-week maximum waiting time.
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Free extras can lop off the waiting time by five minutes but only the last five minutes.
That's why places where you have to queue provide lots of clues about waiting time.
Both groups of patients did not fall within the Scottish government's waiting time policy.
What the average waiting time for routine endoscopies was in the last 12 months.
The NHS has failed to meet a key cancer waiting time target, according to new official figures.
Being able to walk into a GameStop and purchase a refurbished replacement helps eliminates this waiting time.
Recent hospital figures show the average waiting time across all 19 departments to be about eight months.
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The same math, of course, can rearrange a given number of labor hours to reduce customer waiting time.
Two senior nurses at Stafford Hospital changed waiting time figures and ill-treated patients, a disciplinary hearing was told.
To prepare for outings, parents should bring a favorite toy or plan ahead to reduce waiting time.
The waiting time for an organ can range up to five years, which is expected to double by 2010.
And what sophisticated theory went into equating that figure with the waiting time?
In a statement, the Belfast trust confirmed that the waiting time to see a consultant was approximately 45 weeks.
Waiting time targets for accident and emergency patients at Royal Bolton Hospital have not been met, a health watchdog has found.
Mrs Allen said the hospital's "standard of service" would not decline despite the cuts and waiting time targets will be met.
Ms Baillie claimed cancer treatment was better in England because the secondary treatment was also subject to a 31 day waiting time.
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In March, health watchdog Monitor found waiting time targets for accident and emergency patients at Royal Bolton Hospital had not been met.
When you go privately there is no waiting time, which is fantastic.
Audit Scotland also said key areas of waiting time systems were inadequate.
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Due to a loophole in the Scottish government's waiting time targets for treatment following diagnosis, the wait for radiotherapy is not recorded.
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The hospital has also been warned by health watchdog Monitor it must meet RTT waiting time targets by January 2013 or face action.
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In other waiting time statistics, it was revealed that only seven people failed to be treated within a new NHS waiting guarantee of 12 weeks.
Mr Farr says he was "lucky" to receive his kidney after a year because the average waiting time for a kidney transplant is double that.
Sir Terry Leahy, Tesco's boss, said last year that the monitoring system had reduced waiting time for customers and helped to boost the firm's profits.
However, the South West Peninsula Health Authority said those figures had already been brought down and the waiting time should be under nine months by March.
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Although the MIT study does not give margins of error, the 2.6 minute average difference in waiting time surely falls within a reasonable margin of error.
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The maximum waiting time of 12 weeks will start when a patient's treatment has been agreed and will apply to both day care and in-patient procedures.
Alternatively, some companies are now stockpiling imported cars, which cuts down the waiting time as there is already a supply of imported cars in the UK awaiting collection.
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