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. 2005 Sep 27;93(8):905–908. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602798

Table 2. Effect of introduction of 2-week wait and DoH guidelines on waiting times.

  Waiting time in days: median (range)
 
  1999–2000 (Department of Health National Standards, Local Action, 2004) 2000–2001 (Department of Health NHS Improvement Plan June, 2004) 2001–2002 (National Institute for Clinical Excellence, 2005) P-value
Referral to first hospital visit 7 (0–124) 8 (0–101) 9 (0–98) 0.0009 for 1 vs 3
Referral to diagnosis 26 (0–228) 33 (2–307) 27 (0–300) <0.00001 for 1 vs 2; 0.0003 for 2 vs 3
First hospital visit to diagnosis 15 (0–219) 21 (0–294) 15 (0–300) <0.00001 for 1 vs 2 and 2 vs 3
Referral to treatment 37 (2–228) 41 (2–307) 42 (0–239) <0.04 1 vs 2 or 3

DoH=Department of Health.