HC Deb 16 March 1992 vol 205 c871W
Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the change in waiting lists in all specialties of health care in each of the last three years.

Wailing lists: changes in the number of patients waiting over two years—March 1990-March 1991
Regional health authority General surgery Urology Trauma and orthopaedics ENT Opthalmology Oral surgery Plastic surgery Obs and gyn (gynaecology) Other All specialties
Northern -433 -129 -262 -32 -79 -123 -507 -19 -14 -1,598
Yorkshire 223 -257 -123 -18 125 -110 -480 -117 60 -697
Trent -391 -228 -685 -167 -112 -208 -912 -180 -73 -2,956
East Anglia -2 98 -180 -49 7 -206 -455 -222 -62 -1,071
North West Thames -98 159 -8 0 57 264 -1,772 6 -24 -1,416
North East Thames -795 -33 -1,259 -1,068 -44 -1,805 -1,191 -152 -209 -6,556
South East Thames -1,184 342 -1,219 -569 -58 -158 -12 -134 -130 -3,122
South West Thames -718 -218 -811 -436 -485 -132 -266 -364 -47 -3,477
Wessex -344 -136 -454 -10 -1 -120 96 181 30 -758
Oxford -183 -64 -250 -137 9 6 -324 -98 1 -1,040
South Western -423 44 -304 -106 -11 -200 -62 26 -7 -1,043
West Midlands -679 -420 -109 -594 -113 -286 -327 -212 -226 -2,966
Mersey n/1 n/1 n/1 n/1 n/1 n/1 17 n/1 n/1 -17
North Western -657 -278 -325 -504 -285 -249 -627 -83 -214 -3,222

Notes:

Based on KH07 returns at 31 March 1990 and 31 March 1991.

Includes ordinary admissions and day case waiting lists.

n/1 denotes no one waiting over two years at March 1990 and March 1991.

Positive values indicate an increase from March 1990 to March 1991.

Negative values indicate a decrease from March 1990 to March 1991.