§ Mr. PatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the numbers of operations and waiting lists for ear, nose and throat operations carried out year by year since 1986 in Trent regional health authority.
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley[holding answer 7 June 1991]: The information requested is given in the table. It is the time that individual patients wait for treatment that matters, not the total number on the list. The number waiting more than one year for in-patient ENT treatment in Trent has fallen by 8 per cent. since September 1986 and by 33 per cent. since March 1979. At the same time the number of in-patients treated has increased by 6 per cent. since 1986 and by 53 per cent. since 1979.
Numbers of operations and patients awaiting elective admission for the ENT speciality in Trent RHA—In-patients Date Number of operations1 Total patients waiting2 Patients waiting over 12 months Number3 Per cent.4 1986 n/a 8,873 1,798 20 1987 n/a 7,578 1,629 20 1988 26,708 8,630 1,561 18 1989 26,656 8,516 1,608 18 1990 27,239 9,262 1,659 17 1 Figures relate to the total number of cases operated on in the year ending 31 March. 2 Figures exclude self-deferred cases and relate to the position at 30 September. 3 Figures relate to the position at 30 September and for 1987 to 1990 include any self-deffered cases. 4 Figures for 1987 to 1990 are based on the number of patients including self-deferred cases. n/a=Not available.
Sources: Number of operations: DH Form KH08
Patients awaiting elective admission: DH Form KH07.