§ Mr. WilshireTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the monthly waiting list statistics for Ashford (Middlesex) hospital from May 1997 to June 1998. [53217]
§ Mr. BoatengInformation is not available centrally in the form requested. For 1997–98 waiting list figures for trusts and health authorities were collected quarterly. The inpatient waiting list figures for Ashford Hospital National Health Service Trust were as follows:
Date Number 30 June 1997 3,670 30 September 1997 3,776 31 December 1997 3,947 31 March 1998 4,125 Monthly waiting list figures for April to July 1998 will be available at the end of August.