§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the median waiting periods(a) currently and (b) in each of the last two years for patients needing (i) hip replacements and (ii) cataract treatment at each hospital in the Trent region where the operation is provided. [40924]
§ Mr. HoramI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes), on 23 July,Official Report, column 225.
§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on hospital waiting times in Leeds. [41287]
§ Mr. HoramWaiting times for in-patient and day case treatment in Leeds have improved considerably over the last year. Latest published figures show that only 51 patients out of 16,268 were waiting more than a year for treatment at the two main hospitals in Leeds this March compared with 675 out of 13,492 last March. Along with the rest of the country, Leeds hospitals are working towards achieving the patients charter standards for the first out-patient appointments so that everyone is seen within 26 weeks of referral by their general practitioner, with nine out of 10 patients seen within 13 weeks.