Editor,- Catherine Pope's editorial on waiting times for outpatient appointments does not reflect the whole picture.

We report the potential dangers of long waiting times for a routine outpatient appointment at a urology clinic.

They can require a person who has been discharged from hospital to live in a certain place and attend outpatient appointments.

Much of the debate has related to reducing waiting times for surgery rather than for outpatient appointments.

What's on offer are beds, operations, outpatient appointments and scans.

G P appointment, outpatient appointment, tests, admission, medical treatment, nursing care,planning and follow-up.

The hospital admits around 30,000 inpatients or day cases each year and treats more than 90,000 people in the outpatient appointments.

This has meant rescheduling some operations and outpatient appointments.

It is important for hospital-based therapists to realize that many self-poisoning patients fail to keep outpatient appointments.

'How long do people wait for a new outpatient appointment?'