§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients were waiting for hospital treatment(a) in total and (b) over 12 months, for each year since 1979;
(2) how many patients had been waiting for hospital treatment for more than a year in March 1991.
§ Mr. MaloneInformation on the numbers of people waiting over 12 months and in total for hospital treatment is shown in the table. There has been a reduction of 66.7 per cent. in the numbers waiting over one year since March 1979.
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Number waiting over one year Total waiting 1979 March 185,195 752,422 September 197,532 695,726 1980 March 196,983 664,919 September 187,993 635,881 1981 March 180,774 628,333 September 180,905 619,393 1982 March 175,554 622,480 September 192,902 725,865 1983 March 198,546 726,186 September 205,920 703,755 1984 March 194,614 692,945 September 189,546 682,599 1985 March 171,197 674,453 September 160,227 661,249 1986 March 161,326 673,107 September 164,682 681,901 1987 March 162,273 687,945
Number waiting over one year Total waiting September 209,440 848,022 1988 March 207,925 876,246 September 219,929 900,051 1989 March 223,311 922,676 September 218,116 929,056 1990 March 207,860 958,976 September 202,740 957,533 1991 March 169,761 948,243 September 155,419 947,842 1992 March 80,585 917,717 September 80,581 939,740 1993 March 56,877 994,974 September 71,022 1,032,038 1994 March 64,508 1,065,369 September1 61,693 1,063,302 Note: 1Provisional Figures from September 1987 figures include numbers waiting for day case treatment.