§ Mr. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give for April to September 1987 and for each subsequent six month period(a) the numbers of people admitted from waiting lists to hospital for in-patient treatment, (b) the numbers of people removed from in-patient waiting lists for reasons other than treatment, (c) the numbers of people admitted from waiting lists for day case treatment, (d) the numbers of people removed from day-case waiting lists for reasons other than treatment, (e) the numbers of people on in-patient waiting lists who self deferred and (f) the numbers of people on day-case waiting lists who self deferred.
§ Mr. Malone[holding answer 16 January 1995]: The information requested for admissions and self-deferrals is given in the tables. Information on the number of people removed from waiting lists for reasons other than treatment is not held centrally.
Admissions 6 months to: Ordinary Day case September 1987 801,755 268,631 March 1988 924,677 347,273 September 1988 941,363 359,213 March 1989 938,864 392,646 September 1989 939,516 420,536 March 1990 934,164 454,266 September 1990 910,557 465,603 March 1991 888,291 496,554 September 1991 918,376 534,998 March 1992 938,842 601,316 September 1992 901,687 638,905 March 1993 879,834 691,201 September 1993 829,580 712,016 March 1994 800,632 768,249 September 1994 796,780 849,379
Self Deferrals Number at: Ordinary Day case September 1987 40,766 8,977 March 1988 39,115 8,361 September 1988 40,753 8,433 March 1989 37,098 8,769 September 1989 38,224 9,905 March 1990 36,441 9,735 September 1990 39,274 11,865 March 1991 36,115 11,998 September 1991 33,868 12,469 March 1992 30,965 13,151 September 1992 35,992 18,134 March 1993 35,800 19,095 September 1993 41,550 24,142 March 1994 39,189 25,185 September 1994 43,538 34,946 Note:
The numbers relate to the numbers who are waiting on the last day of the six-month period who have self-deferred and do not represent the total number who have self-deferred over the period.