Article: NHS warning over 'hidden' waiting lists

Article: Chisholm in U-turn over waiting lists
Evening News - Scotland;  August 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... disappeared" from the system, making the waiting lists appear to be far better than they actually were. The furore led to an Audit Scotland inquiry instigated by the Scottish ... made in the Audit Scotland report on waiting lists.

Article: Cries of U-turn over waiting lists
The Scotsman;  August 28, 2002 ;     554 words ... ... waiting lists. Deferred waiting lists measure the number of people ... decided to take action on waiting lists and have concluded there ... finalised arising from an Audit Scotland report on waiting lists earlier this year, which ...

Article: NHS SHAME AS WAITING LISTS SOAR; Chisholm under ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  August 30, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... is also strange that waiting lists fell last quarter when ... scrap the deferred waiting lists, which shows patients ... a damning report by Audit Scotland called for the system of having two waiting lists to end. The SNP have ...

Article: 35,000 on 'hidden' NHS waiting lists
The Scotsman;  February 16, 2006 ;     491 words ... ... of people on "hidden waiting lists", watchdogs warned yesterday. Audit Scotland found the Executive had ... When these "hidden waiting lists" are scrapped next year ... Angela Cullen, of Audit Scotland, said: "Although the ...

Article: Hundreds of children are left in limbo on 'hidden waiting ...
The Scotsman;  July 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... placed on "hidden waiting lists" and have no guarantee ... will not show up on waiting lists if they are kept waiting ... boards for managing waiting lists were "abundantly clear" and insisted an Audit Scotland review had already ...

Article: Ministers accused over black hole in NHS waiting ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  June 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... report, by watchdog Audit Scotland, reveals that thousands ... from the register. Audit Scotland stressed last night ... challenged Jack McConnell on waiting lists, prompting the First Minister to order the Audit Scotland review. It concluded ...

Article: Hidden waiting lists scam exposed; Over a third of ...
The Sunday Herald;  December 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... order to cut overall waiting lists is rubbish. There ... placed on deferred waiting lists - mostly for personal ... first minister invited Audit Scotland, Scotland's independent ... independent review of how NHS waiting lists are run." Name of ...