title: Waiting lists. What are we doing right?
abstract: According to The Sunday Times Good Hospital Guide (2004), the Mater Hospital scored highest for waiting lists, admitting 84% of inpatients within six months of referral. To achieve this result the Trust was originally invited by commissioners to submit a bid to develop a service which ensures that patients currently waiting for elective surgery receive it as quickly as possible.
authors.affiliation: Elective Surgical Unit, Mater Hospital Trust, Belfast.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Butler
mesh_terms: D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D006113:United Kingdom; D014850:Waiting Lists