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Article: Hundreds of children are left in limbo on 'hidden waiting lists'

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July 22, 2005
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HUNDREDS of children waiting for surgery are being placed on "hidden waiting lists" and have no guarantee of being treated within nine months, it was revealed yesterday.

The children are among more than 35,000 people who are assigned an availability status code (ASC) because operations are delayed for personal, social or clinical reasons.

This means that they do not have to be treated within nine months and will not show up on waiting lists if they are kept waiting longer than this period.

Opposition politicians say the code is being used to manipulate waiting lists and keep numbers down. For example, at the end of March there were no patients waiting more than nine months on the official ...

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