The Office for Statistics Regulation wrote to Scott Heald about Waiting times statistics in Scotland
The letter is dated 15 October 2024. The Office for Statistics Regulation published it as Ed Humpherson to Scott Heald: Waiting times statistics in Scotland
. Below are 3 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.
What the Office for Statistics Regulation wrote
“We welcome your plans for Public Health Scotland to take sole responsibility for the presentation of these statistics including the launch of a new website with improved metrics.”
“We support your approach to clarify this by including an estimate of the number of people waiting for appointments/admissions within your NHS waiting times – stage of treatment quarterly release.”
“Your plans to give users clearer guidance about what the statistics do and do not measure will help to increase awareness about the difficulty to estimate the total number of people waiting and reduce the instances that these data are misrepresented.”
From Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation, letter of 15 October 2024. Read the full letter.
Receipt
| Read from | https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence/ed-humpherson-to-scott-heald-waiting-times-statistics-in-scotland/ |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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| PDF on the letter page | https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/10/151024Ed_Humpherson_to_Scott_Heald_Waiting_Times.pdfe7da6af8e014a4ff5b7dcde0b618fffb4cfa7e1e32e25b7f4f80bc506a9e6e2a |