Waiting Times (Hansard, 21 April 1995)

HC Deb 21 April 1995 vol 258 cc310-1W 310W

§ Mrs. Beckett
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 28 March,Official Report, column 569, how many patients were waiting for treatment under one year in 1987 and at December 1994. [19810]

§ Mr. Malone
The information is shown in the table.

Patients waiting for inpatient or day case treatment

Number waiting under a year Total number awaiting admission Proportion waiting under a year Per cent.

At 31 December 1987 662,469 873,130 75.9

At 31 December 1994 1,017,335 1,071,638 94.9

311W

§ Mrs. Beckett
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average waiting time for an ear, nose and throat appointment in each of the last five years. [19792]

§ Mr. Malone
This information is not available centrally.

Patients waiting for inpatient or day case treatment
	Number waiting under a year	Total number awaiting admission	Proportion waiting under a year Per cent.
At 31 December 1987	662,469	873,130	75.9
At 31 December 1994	1,017,335	1,071,638	94.9