§ Paddy AshdownTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people have been on the in-patient waiting list at(a) East Somerset NHS Trust and (b) Taunton NHS Trust in each quarter since 1990–91; and how many of these people were waiting (i) more than six months, (ii) more than 12 months and (iii) more than 18 months; [144613]
(2) what the in-patient waiting list size is at (i) East Somerset NHS Trust and (ii) Taunton NHS Trust; and how many people at each trust have been waiting (a) more than six months, (b) more than 12 months and (c) more than 18 months for an operation. [144612]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information requested is shown in the tables. The two trusts in question did not exist prior to 1991–92, therefore no data are available.
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In-patient data—Taunton and Somerset National Health Service trust Year Quarter Total waiting list 6–12 months 12–18 months 18 plus months 1990–91 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1990–91 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1990–91 3 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1990–91 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a
In-patient data—Taunton and Somerset National Health Service trust Year Quarter Total waiting list 6–12 months 12–18 months 18 plus months 1991–92 1 6,506 1,525 n/a n/a 1991–92 2 5,844 1,524 n/a n/a 1991–92 3 5,730 1,255 n/a n/a 1991–92 4 5,441 1,134 n/a n/a 1992–93 1 5,671 1,338 106 15 1992–93 2 5,843 1,500 61 3 1992–93 3 6,331 1,510 75 8 1992–93 4 6,119 1,359 0 0 1993–94 1 5,975 1,383 55 2 1993–94 2 5,888 1,377 56 1 1993–94 3 5,701 1,268 63 4 1993–94 4 5,479 1,022 0 0 1994–95 1 5,510 972 0 0 1994–95 2 5,222 798 0 0 1994–95 3 5,212 701 0 0 1994–95 4 4,993 609 0 0 1995–96 1 4,995 480 0 0 1995–96 2 5,088 509 1 0 1995–96 3 5,007 408 0 0 1995–96 4 4,899 292 0 0 1996–97 1 5,152 329 0 0 1996–97 2 5,201 425 0 0 1996–97 3 5,898 648 0 0 1996–97 4 6,282 1,070 0 0 1997–98 1 6,759 1,388 18 0 1997–98 2 6,710 1,454 52 0 1997–98 3 7,513 1,576 113 0 1997–98 4 7,523 1,669 22 0 1998–99 1 7,596 1,739 32 0 1998–99 2 7,385 1,580 44 0 1998–99 3 7,606 1,591 114 0 1998–99 4 7,440 1,622 137 0 1999–2000 1 7,451 1,722 137 0 1999–2000 2 7,630 1,753 180 0 1999–2000 3 7,690 1,796 211 0 1999–2000 4 7,027 1,522 271 0 2000–01 1 6,920 1,380 297 0 2000–01 2 6,753 1,233 197 0 n/a—not available
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In-patient data—East Somerset National Health Service trust Year Quarter Total waiting list 6–12 months 12–18 months 18 plus months 1990–91 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1990–91 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1990–91 3 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1990–91 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1991–92 1 1,605 302 n/a n/a 1991–92 2 1,558 295 n/a n/a 1991–92 3 1,604 263 n/a n/a 1991–92 4 1,485 196 n/a n/a 1992–93 1 1,499 193 16 1 1992–93 2 1,601 229 16 0 1992–93 3 1,744 217 11 0 1992–93 4 1,670 244 0 0 1993–94 1 1,869 260 20 0 1993–94 2 1,845 316 26 0 1993–94 3 1,999 308 12 0 1993–94 4 1,725 252 0 0 1994–95 1 1,791 220 11 0 1994–95 2 1,721 265 7 0 1994–95 3 1,610 244 0 0 1994–95 4 1,423 138 0 0 1995–96 1 1,490 139 0 0 1995–96 2 1,673 125 2 0 1995–96 3 1,689 122 1 0 1995–96 4 1,634 111 0 0 1996–97 1 1,691 112 0 0
In-patient data—East Somerset National Health Service trust Year Quarter Total waiting list 6–12 months 12–18 months 18 plus months 1996–97 2 2,181 169 0 0 1996–97 3 2,599 341 0 0 1996–97 4 2,662 429 6 0 1997–98 1 2,614 423 64 0 1997–98 2 2,537 417 65 0 1997–98 3 2,874 498 45 0 1997–98 4 2,845 516 5 0 1998–99 1 2,660 474 19 0 1998–99 2 2,335 409 22 0 1998–99 3 2,485 394 42 0 1998–99 4 2,489 382 0 0 1999–2000 1 2,132 299 39 0 1999–2000 2 2,294 293 41 0 1999–2000 3 2,412 325 31 0 1999–2000 4 2,061 346 31 0 2000–01 1 2,081 350 47 0 2000–01 2 2,209 355 55 0 n/a—not available
§ Paddy AshdownTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been on the out-patient waiting list at(a) East Somerset NHS Trust and (b) Taunton NHS Trust for each quarter since 1999–01; and how many of these people were waiting (i) more than six months, (ii) more than 12 months and (iii) more than 18 months. [144597]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information requested is shown in the tables, however, out-patient data are collected by number of weeks waiting, rather than months. The tables show numbers who have waited over 13 and over 26 weeks. The Department does not collect information on the total number of people waiting for out-patient appointments on any given day. Because of the high turnover of out-patient waiting lists it would not be a useful indicator to have the total number of waiting at the last day of the quarter.
Out-patient long waiters—Tauton and Somerset National Health Service Trust Year Quarter Not seen 13 to 25 weeks Not seen 26 weeks plus 1995–96 1 743 205 1995–96 2 933 271 1995–96 3 966 172 1995–96 4 738 191 1996–97 1 1,010 143 1996–97 2 1,340 142 1996–97 3 1,277 194 1996–97 4 1,058 210 1997–98 1 932 173 1997–98 2 1,473 155 1997–98 3 1,380 219 1997–98 4 1,017 199 1998–99 1 1,337 199 1998–99 2 1,649 363 1998–99 3 1,598 527 1998–99 4 1,500 478 1999–2000 1 1,931 552 1999–2000 2 2,020 577 1999–2000 3 1,918 643 1999–2000 4 1,525 603 2000–01 1 2,168 483 2000–01 2 1,287 256 Source:
QM08—waiting times quarterly return
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Out-patient long waiters—East Somerset NHS Trust Year Quarter Not seen 13 to 25 weeks Not seen 26 weeks plus 1995–96 1 664 277 1995–96 2 752 228 1995–96 3 811 189 1995–96 4 736 194 1996–97 1 305 20 1996–97 2 393 30 1996–97 3 391 60 1996–97 4 472 87 1997–98 1 511 146 1997–98 2 727 142 1997–98 3 763 225 1997–98 4 606 237 1998–99 1 653 210 1998–99 2 725 200 1998–99 3 851 196 1998–99 4 649 247 1999–2000 1 922 258 1999–2000 2 838 294 1999–2000 3 737 306 1999–2000 4 763 257 2000–01 1 971 295 2000–01 2 567 202 Source:
QM08—waiting times quarterly return