Article: Row over patient 'struck off waiting list to meet targets'.

Article: Waiting lists at a 17-year low, says NHS boss; (Unless you're on a hidden list).
The Daily Mail (London, England);  December 4, 2004 ;     590 words ...Byline: JENNY HOPE HOSPITAL waiting lists have fallen to their lowest...some patients are stuck on hidden waiting lists where they can wait a year...carried out the survey on 'hidden' waiting, said 'Labour is being too...

Article: Hidden waiting list claims as NHS queue grows.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 23, 2006 ;     388 words ......claiming they were pushed on to 'hidden waiting lists'. The figure has rocketed...highlighted the true extent of hidden waiting lists, yet these figures clearly...practice of putting people on hidden waiting lists. 'Scots must be given the...

Article: Hundreds of children are left in limbo on 'hidden waiting lists'
The Scotsman;  July 22, 2005 ;     505 words ......being placed on "hidden waiting lists" and have no guarantee...used to manipulate waiting lists and keep numbers...shown a rise in the "hidden waiting lists" in certain...placed on these hidden waiting lists and losing their...

Article: 35,000 on 'hidden' NHS waiting lists
The Scotsman;  February 16, 2006 ;     285 words ......rising number of people on "hidden waiting lists", watchdogs warned yesterday...than six months. When these "hidden waiting lists" are scrapped next year it...showed the "true extent of the hidden waiting lists". "The health minister is...

Article: Sturgeon axes so-called hidden waiting lists
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  September 20, 2007 ;     367 words ......announced she is to scrap "hidden" waiting lists. The move will see the introduction...eight years - ensure that hidden waiting lists in our NHS are a thing of...had become synonymous with hidden waiting lists - "difficult to understand...

Article: Qld: Waiting lists dropped off the radar - inquiry
AAP General News (Australia);  August 25, 2005 ;     188 words ......Australia) 08-25-2005 Qld: Waiting lists dropped off the radar...on a promise to resolve hidden waiting lists at hospitals because the...aren't included in official waiting lists. The press release has been...included on official surgery waiting lists. But the ...

Article: Scandal of the hidden waiting lists.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  May 21, 2006 ;     226 words ......000 youngsters are languishing on 'hidden' hospital waiting lists as health chiefs cut beds in children's wards. Bed numbers...when they will be seen. Their cases do not appear on waiting lists. They are assigned ASCs because they have, perhaps...cut capacity when the number waiting for operations ...

Article: 'Hidden' waiting lists are over, says Sturgeon
The Scotsman;  September 20, 2007 ;     373 words ......system surrounding "hidden" NHS waiting lists will end next year...many spending years waiting for treatment. A new...time will have their waiting time clock stopped until...languishing on the "hidden" waiting list, with many not...that describing ASCs as hidden ...

Article: NHS warning over 'hidden' waiting lists
The Scotsman;  February 16, 2006 ;     434 words ......rising number of people on "hidden waiting lists", watchdogs warned yesterday...than six months. When these "hidden waiting lists" are scrapped next year it...show the "true extent of the hidden waiting lists". "The health minister is...

Article: WAITING LISTS ON INCREASE; Health `broken promises' rap.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  February 19, 1998 ;     254 words ......expected to show a sharp rise in NHS waiting lists. The Liberal Democrats have predicted...increase in numbers of patients on waiting lists could be as much as 50,000. Health...to breaking its election pledge on waiting lists. A Liberal Democrat spokesman said...

Article: WAITING LISTS ON INCREASE Health `broken promises' rap
Evening Mail;  February 19, 1998 ;     255 words ......expected to show a sharp rise in NHS waiting lists. The Liberal Democrats have predicted...increase in numbers of patients on waiting lists could be as much as 50,000. Health...to breaking its election pledge on waiting lists. A Liberal Democrat spokesman said...

Article: Half of Lothian patients taken off NHS hospital waiting lists
Evening News - Scotland;  February 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ......from official waiting lists. A record 6000...on Lothian's "hidden waiting lists" was so high...off the main waiting lists last year. Another...placed on a hidden waiting list. "The Health...patients on central waiting lists forced to wait...about ...

Article: Stormont probe into waiting lists
Belfast Telegraph;  May 27, 2002 ;     251 words ......table the issue of so-called "hidden" waiting lists. The SDLP's Tommy Gallagher...are not included on official waiting lists because they have not yet...longest queues on Britain's waiting lists for tests for illnesses such...

Article: Waiting lists still being fiddled, says SNP
The Scotsman;  December 24, 2001 ;     479 words ......came under renewed pressure on hospital waiting lists last night after it was claimed the figures...the Auditor General into the management of waiting lists. However, the Scottish National Party claimed...waiting for treatment are on deferred, or "hidden" waiting lists. ...