Table 2.

Length of time for various segments of the waiting process

Time	New patient	Repeat patient	All
Date referred to date seen, n=190	37.6 ± 44.1	n/a	n/a
Date seen to decision to operate, n=200	34.8 ± 53.7	n/a	n/a
Decision to operate to date of surgery, n=201, 121 and 322 respectively	81.6 ± 86.0	66.3 ± 58.9	75.9 ± 77.2