§ Ms JowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by health authority the number of people who waited 30 minutes or longer between arrival in out-patient clinics and the start of their consultation with the doctor for each quarter since 1 January 1995. [4243]
§ Mr. HoramInformation on the percentage of people who waited 30 minutes or longer in an out-patients department is shown in the patients charter quarterly monitoring returns. Copies have been placed in the Library.
From 1 April 1996, health authorities submit quarterly performance data to the centre by exception only. Information for all health authorities will only be collected for the quarter ending 31 March 1997.
§ Ms JowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average waiting time between receipt of referral letter and initial out-patient consultation for patients with suspected(a) breast cancer, (b) prostate cancer, (c) testicular cancer, (d) liver cancer, (e) skin cancer, (f) oral cancer, (g) lung cancer and (h) childhood cancer for each of the first two quarters of 1996 and each year since 1990. [4242]