§ Jackie BallardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were waiting for in-patient treatment for(a) cancer, (b) heart disease and (c) HIV and hepatitis in each of the last 10 years in (i) Taunton constituency and (ii) Somerset Health Authority. [134315]
§ Mr. DenhamThe numbers of patients from Somerset Health Authority waiting for inpatient treatment at 31 March in the specialities Cardiothoracic surgery and Cardiology are shown in the table. This information was not collected prior to march 1994. It is not possible to provide the information at a constituency level.
Information on inpatient waiting times is collected by consultant speciality. Treatment for cancer, HIV and hepatitis is carried out in a number of specialities and the numbers waiting for treatment are therefore not identifiable separately.
Total inpatient waiting list for specialties cardiothoracic surgery and cardiology1 Year Cardiothoracic surgery Cardiology March 1994 104 0 March 1995 84 27 March 1996 118 86 March 1997 148 119 March 1998 105 105 March 1999 179 137 March 2000 236 228 1 Somerset HA (1997–2000) 1Somerset DHA (1994–1996)
§ Jackie BallardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many out-patients were waiting for treatment for more than six months in each of the last 10 years in(a) the Taunton constituency and (b) Somerset Health Authority. [134316]
§ Mr. DenhamThe numbers of patients from Somerset Health Authority waiting more than twenty six weeks for an outpatient appointment are shown in the table. This information was not collected prior to March 1998. It is not possible to provide the information at a constituency level.
Outpatients still waiting 26 plus weeks Year Somerset HA March 1998 566 March 1999 1,068 March 2000 1,149 Source:
QM08, QM08R quarterly returns