§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report for each of the last five years, for Singleton hospital, Swansea, the number of patients who died while waiting to receive treatment for a cervical carcinoma.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information is not available centrally.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will publish in the Official Report for each of the last five years for Singleton hospital, Swansea (a) the average waiting time in days for a patient to receive radiotherapy treatment for a cervical carcinoma and (b) the longest waiting time in days for any patient before receiving radiotherapy treatment for a cervical carcinoma;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report for each of the last five years the longest period that a patient waited for radiotherapy treatment for a cervical carcinoma in each hospital providing that facility in Wales.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe available information is given in the following two tables, the first of which shows, for each of the years 1980 to 1984, the total number of deaths and discharges of in-patients who received radiotherapy treatment for a cervical carcinoma at Singleton and Velindre hospitals, respectively, analysed by type of admission—immediate, waiting list, booked and other. The second table shows, for each of these years, the median waiting time and the maximum waiting time before admission to hospital for waiting list and booked cases.
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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Number of immediate cases 16 14 27 18 20 Number of waiting list cases 2 4 0 2 0 Number of booked (planned) cases* 101 89 78 59 82 Others 2 7 1 5 0 Velindre hospital Total deaths and discharges of which: 132 171 92 215 246 Number of immediate cases 20 10 11 32 32 Number of waiting list cases 112 151 62 76 73 Number of booked (planned) cases* 0 0 11 93 129 Others 0 10 8 14 12 * A booked or planned case is a patient for whom the admission date to hospital is fixed at the same time as the decision is made to provide in-patient treatment.
Waiting times for waiting list and booked cases who receive radiotherapy treatment for a cervical carcinoma 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Median waiting time (days) Singleton hospital 6 6 5 6 6 Velindre hospital* 13 16 13 11 12 Maximum waiting time (days) Singleton hospital 41 83 41 23 52 Velindre hospital* 83 54 40 33 41 * Waiting list cases only.