§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 2 April, at column190, how many people have been removed from waiting lists by region in each quarter since 1992. [25241]
§ Mr. HoramThe table shows for each region, the special health authorities and England as a whole, the number of removals from waiting lists and—for England as a whole—the total number of decisions made to add patients to waiting lists in each quarter since 1992. Patients may be removed from waiting lists because they have already been treated, because treatment is no longer needed or because they have moved.
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Region June 1994 September 1994 December 1994 March 1995 June 1995 September 1995 December 1995 North Thames 20,132 20,898 20,711 22,206 20,899 23,497 24,099 South Thames 22,748 20,191 18,033 19,520 20,986 22,379 23,047 South and West 12,116 12,314 12,599 14,183 12,614 13,795 12,728 West Midlands 15,421 14,972 17,334 21,361 14,296 15,126 16,800 North West 19,937 23,045 22,960 27,113 21,086 22,427 22,131 Special Health Authorities 478 207 173 173 167 140 142 England 122,535 125,667 125,726 147,392 124,224 136,014 137,477 Decisions to admit 919,679 924,721 937,033 983,974 944,241 967,048 1,005,019
Rev. Martin SymthTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average length of the waiting lists for cardiac surgery in hospitals. [24184]
§ Mr. HoramInformation on numbers of people waiting for treatment by specialty and by national health service trust is contained in "Hospital Waiting List Statistics: England", copies of which are available in the Library.