Stage of Treatment Waiting Times

For more information on stage of treatment waiting times see the NHS waiting times - stage of treatment publications. The date of the next release can be found on our list of forthcoming publications. Due to the live nature of local Patient Management Systems and the national data mart, historical trend data are routinely refreshed from one publication to the next, leading to slight revisions in statistics, particularly those for the previous month end.

The reasoning behind these retrospective changes and details of ongoing investigations are described in the dedicated Data Quality webpage. Across NHS Scotland, the net effect of all revisions for new outpatients was a decrease of 0.3% (-1,508) in the number of ongoing waits and an increase of 0.1% (+139) in the number of attendances compared to previously published figures for the month ending 31 July 2026. Drawing the same comparison for inpatient and day case treatment, the net effect was an increase of 1% (+1,529) for ongoing waits and 0.3% (+68) for admissions.

For more information, please see the Data quality section of the website.