HC Deb 29 June 1998 vol 315 c42W
Mr. Hammond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will collate and publish on a regular quarterly basis information showing(a) the number of people awaiting an out-patient consultation at an NHS hospital and (b) the number of out-patient consultations that have taken place in NHS hospitals in the previous quarter. [47133]

Mr. Milburn

No. A considerable amount of data on outpatient appointments are already collected and published in a quarterly statistical bulletin.