§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients waited over a year for hospital treatment in each year since 1979. [10907]
§ Mr. Milburn[holding answer 28 July 1997]: Information on patients waiting over a year for treatment on either an ordinary or day care basis at national health service hospitals in England is given in the table. The first information available for day cases was for 31 September 1987.
Number of patients waiting more than 12 months as at 31 March: Ordinary admissions Day cases All in-patient cases Total number waiting 1979 185,195 — — 752,422 1980 196,983 — — 664,919 1981 180,774 — — 628,333 1982 175,554 — — 622,480 1983 198,546 — — 726,186 1984 194,614 — — 692,945 1985 171,197 — — 674,453 1986 161,326 — — 673,107 1987 162,273 — — 687,945 1988 182,161 25,764 207,925 876,246 1989 193,952 29,359 223,311 922,676 1990 175,777 32,083 207,860 958,976 1991 145,109 24,652 169,761 948,243 1992 69,000 11,585 80,585 917,717 1993 45,195 11,682 56,877 994,974 1994 46,404 18,104 64,508 1,065,369 1995 21,750 10,444 32,194 1,044,051 1996 3,686 890 4,576 1,048,029 1997 20,732 10,476 31,208 1,158,004