§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each month from March 1997 until the latest available period the total number of people(a) waiting for hospital treatment and (b) waiting more than 12 months for hospital treatment in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area. [122797]
§ Mr. DenhamThe total number of patients waiting and the number of patients waiting over 12 months for hospital treatment at Mid Essex Hospital Services National Health Service Trust for each month from March 1997 until March 2000 (the latest available information) is shown in the table.
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Year/month Total number of Patients waiting Number of patients waiting over 12 months 1996–97 March 8,391 104 1997–98 June 8,690 311 September 8,967 441 December 10,542 601 March 11,360 849
Year/month Total number of patients waiting Number of patients waiting over 12 months 1998–99 June 11,834 1,176 July 11,804 1,123 August 11,791 1,063 September 11,615 1,155 October 11,382 1,180 November 11,347 1,194 December 11,359 1,184 January 11,172 1,224 February 10,475 1,123 March 9,967 1,093 1999–2000 April 9,961 1,101 May 9,980 1,058 June 9,824 1,083 July 9,488 1,061 August 9,465 991 September 9,395 963 October 9,372 1,024 November 9,483 1,042 December 9,851 1,060 January 10,233 1,118 February 10,416 1,060 March 9,865 1,062 Source:
KH07 quarterly waiting times returns, monthly monitoring returns
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each quarter since March 1997 until the latest available quarter the total number of people waiting(a) 13 weeks or more and (b) over 26 weeks for an outpatient's appointment at the Mid Essex Hospital Trust. [122796]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information is as follows:
Number of patients waiting over 13 weeks and over 26 weeks for a first outpatient appointment at Mid Essex Hospital Services National Health Service Trust for each quarter since March 1997 Year Quarter Not seen 13 to 25 Not seen 26 plus Total not seen 13 plus 1996–97 4 481 74 555 1997–98 1 678 99 777 1997–98 2 972 122 1,094 1997–98 3 874 130 1,004 1997–98 4 1,083 234 1,317 1998–99 1 1,348 256 1,604 1998–99 2 1,596 341 1,937 1998–99 3 1,848 440 2,288 1998–99 4 1,847 575 2,422 1999–2000 1 2,660 624 3,284 1999–2000 2 2,876 1,299 4,175 1999–2000 3 2,644 1,055 3,699 1999–2000 4 1,979 945 2,924 Source:
QM08 quarterly waiting times returns