Waiting times from ward to theatre (FOI)

​Request

Could you please tell me the average delay in minutes that patients waited on the ward to come to theatre for their procedures?

Response

This information is not held as the data is not routinely collected. Therefore it is not possible to provide a response to your request.

Articles applied

Article 3 Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.

Article 10 Obligation of scheduled public authority to confirm or deny holding information

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), if –

(a) a person makes a request for information to a scheduled public authority; and

(b) the authority does not hold the information,

it must inform the applicant accordingly.