Released 13 June 2024
Following our response to your previous Freedom of Information request (our reference FOI240078), you submitted an additional request for information which is indicated below.
Request:
Please could you also break up the numbers of learning disability patients by how long they waited in one-hour intervals (so xx patients between 0-1 hours, xx between 1-2 hours and so on) -as you did in question 1?
| Financial year | Period | Patient has Learning Disability | No Learning Disability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | Apr-Jun | 432 | 80891 |
| Jul-Sep | 366 | 80937 | |
| Oct-Dec | 332 | 78848 | |
| Jan-Mar | 315 | 68907 | |
| 2020/21 | Apr-Jun | 284 | 56995 |
| Jul-Sep | 320 | 71831 | |
| Oct-Dec | 327 | 60345 | |
| Jan-Mar | 354 | 49707 | |
| 2021/22 | Apr-Jun | 263 | 57990 |
| Jul-Sep | 261 | 61627 | |
| Oct-Dec | 231 | 59756 | |
| Jan-Mar | 258 | 58356 | |
| 2022/23 | Apr-Jun | 392 | 77142 |
| Jul-Sep | 444 | 76280 | |
| Oct-Dec | 434 | 79312 | |
| Jan-Mar | 400 | 71203 | |
| 2023/24 | Apr-Jun | 474 | 78562 |
| Jul-Sep | 434 | 75084 | |
| Oct-Dec | 412 | 68801 | |
| Jan-Mar | 382 | 69569 |
Information disclosed:
Please see the attached pdf document “FOI240182 – Learning Disability Wait Times” for information relevant to your request.
Please note that within the table where “≤5” is indicated, this data has been anonymised in line with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Anonymisation: Managing Data Protection Risk Code of Practice as it relates to the disclosure of information relevant to a small number of living people.
We consider the disclosure of more specific information to be exempt under section 40(2) [personal information] exemption. In circumstances where anonymising data would still allow small patient numbers to be calculated, we have combined several months’ of data so this information could be disclosed.