§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were waiting for(a) in-patient treatment and (b) out-patient appointments in each quarter of (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001 for (a) less than six months, (b) between six and 12 months, (c) between 12 and 18 months and (d) over 18 months. [19196]
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§ Mr. HuttonThe number of inpatients waiting less than six months; between six and 12 months; between 12 and 18 months; and over 18 months in each quarter of 2000 and 2001 are given in the table.
More than half of the patients waiting over 18 months at end September 2001 are awaiting single use instruments for tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy. This is because the National Health Service has been advised only to carry out these procedures (when routine) using single-use supply instruments due to the theoretical risk of contracting vCJD. A sufficient supply of these instruments is now available, therefore we expect that the number of patients waiting for tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy procedures on the list will start to reduce and we will be able to ensure treatment of actual and potential over 18 month waiters in the coming months.
Inpatient data (trust based) Number of patients waiting Quarter ending Less than 6 months 6–12 months 12–18 months More than 18 months March 2000 768,791 219,229 49,039 7 June 2000 774,867 221,642 61,380 1 September 2000 756,620 224,089 51,113 2 December 2000 767,254 217,912 49,205 10 March 2001 760,736 203,833 41,941 217 June 2001 770,715 220,471 46,333 356 September 2001 757,846 232,786 44,462 208 Source:
Department of Health—KHO7 quarterly return
Data are not collected on the number of outpatients waiting in the time frames requested. However, data are collected on the number of outpatients waiting between three months and six months; and over six months. These data have been given in the table.
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Of which: Name Total in-patient waiting list (September 2001) Ordinary patients Daycase patients In-patient waiting list profile for September 2001 Difference to September 2001 profile Percentage difference to September 2001 profile Waiting list plan for March 2002 Hillingdon HA 4,167 2,341 1,826 4,001 166 4.1 4,059 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA 4,477 2,552 1,925 4,456 21 0.5 4,504 Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA 10,349 5,019 5,330 10,542 -193 -1.8 11,197 Bedfordshire HA 10,304 4,744 5,560 10,411 -107 -1.0 9,818 Berkshire HA 14,495 6,962 7,533 14,568 -73 -0.5 14,008 Buckinghamshire HA 13,221 6,857 6,364 12,960 261 2.0 12,928 Croydon HA 6,561 3,189 3,372 6,848 -287 -4.2 6,630 East Kent HA 16,414 7,750 8,664 16,278 136 0.8 15,625 West Kent HA 24,236 10,311 13,925 22,827 1,409 6.2 23,748 Kingston and Richmond HA 7,122 2,490 4,632 7,233 -111 -1.5 6,999 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA 15,914 8,290 7,624 15,964 -50 -0.3 16,274 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA 10,084 4,753 5,331 9,878 206 2.1 9,977 East Surrey HA 8,527 4,449 4,078 8,768 -241 -2.7 8,900 West Surrey HA 14,644 6,383 8,261 14,339 305 2.1 14,550 East Sussex Brighton and Hove HA 17,893 10,053 7,840 17,028 865 5.1 17,260 West Sussex HA 18,714 9,705 9,009 18,640 74 0.4 18,554 Barking and Havering HA 10,804 5,371 5,433 9,929 875 8.8 10,078 Brent and Harrow HA 8,244 4,625 3,619 8,309 -65 -0.8 8,550 Camden and Islington HA 6,083 3,671 2,412 5,662 421 7.4 5,418 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 13,734 6,801 6,933 13,178 556 4.2 13,188 East London and City HA 11,388 6,549 4,839 11,514 -126 -1.1 11,590 North Essex HA 20,872 10,095 10,777 20,925 -53 -0.3 22,027 South Essex HA 17,408 7,165 10,243 16,522 886 5.4 16,908 South Lancashire HA 7,936 3,485 4,451 8,355 -419 -5.0 8,540 Liverpool HA 10,596 5,304 5,292 11,132 -536 -4.8 11,084 Manchester HA 12,189 5,674 6,515 11,016 1,173 10.6 11,325 Morecambe Bay HA 6,789 2,747 4,042 6,177 612 9.9 6,123
Outpatient data (trust based) Number of patients still waiting for a first outpatient appointment following GP referral who have waited over 13 and over 26 weeks Number still waiting Quarter ending 13–25 weeks Over 26 weeks March 2000 269,385 132,223 June 2000 314,157 130,335 September 2000 309,928 125,840 December 2000 285,519 113,618 March 2001 201,981 81,847 June 2001 274,421 85,099 September 2001 307,248 92,821 Source:
Department of Health—QMO8 quarterly return
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for(a) each health authority and (b) in total, (i) the authority-wide resident-based (A) in-patient and (B) daycase waiting list target for March 2002, (ii) the authority-wide profiled target for such cases for October 2001, (iii) the number of patients waiting for (1) in-patient and (2) daycase treatment in October 2001, (iv) the difference between (i) and (iii) and (v) the difference between (ii) and (iv). [19320]
§ Mr. HuttonThe latest information is given in the table. Data for October 2001 are not available until 7 December; therefore September 2001 data have been provided instead. There is a single profile for in-patients covering daycases and ordinary admissions.
Profiles are a management tool to ensure maintenance of the manifesto commitment. They are used to review progress, and to inform discussion between the Department and health authorities. The manifesto commitment was achieved in March 2000 and has been maintained since.
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Of which: Name Total in-patient waiting list (September 2001) Ordinary patients Daycase patients In-patient waiting list profile for September 2001 Difference to September 2001 profile Percentage difference to September 2001 profile Waiting list plan for March 2002 St. Helens and Knowsley HA 9,514 4,590 4,924 8,794 720 8.2 8,627 Salford and Trafford HA 12,828 4,965 7,863 11,401 1,427 12.5 11,233 Sefton HA 7,430 3,420 4,010 7,297 133 1.8 7,251 Stockport HA 7,249 3,754 3,495 6,740 509 7.6 6,632 West Pennine HA 11,663 4,678 6,985 12,051 -388 -3.2 12,03 Northamptonshire HA 13,728 6,508 7,220 13,255 473 3.6 13,196 Oxfordshire HA 10,942 6,034 4,908 10,053 889 8.8 10,173 Suffolk HA 15.255 7,703 7,552 14,363 892 6.2 14,999 Barnsley HA 4,243 2,092 2,151 4,953 -710 -14.3 4,435 North Derbyshire HA 8,202 3,529 4,673 8,735 -533 -6.1 8,600 Southern Derbyshire HA 12,470 5,099 7,371 12,824 -354 -2.8 12,800 Doncaster HA 4,111 1,964 2,147 4,331 -220 -5.1 4,120 Leicestershire HA 16,056 8,355 7,701 16,556 -500 -3.0 16,100 Lincolnshire HA 15,717 7,370 8,347 16,195 -478 -3.0 16,600 North Nottinghamshire HA 7,976 4,131 3,845 7,847 129 1.6 8,000 Nottingham HA 11,365 6,106 5,259 11,328 37 0.3 11,615 Rotherham HA 3,819 2,019 1,800 3,696 123 3.3 3,700 Sheffield HA 11,287 5,626 5,661 10,568 719 6.8 10,475 Bury and Rochdale HA 9,523 4,613 4,910 8,700 823 9.5 8,664 North Cheshire HA 8,747 6,944 4,682 8,938 -191 -2.1 8,821 South Cheshire HA 14,148 6,944 7,204 14,570 -422 -2.9 14,046 East Lancashire HA 12,441 5,166 7,275 11,990 451 3.8 12,036 North West Lancashire HA 11,350 4,564 6,786 11,560 -210 -1.8 11,704 North and Mid Hampshire HA 10.508 5,667 4,841 10,059 449 4.5 10,088 Southampton and SW Hampshire HA 13,564 6,383 7,181 13,933 -369 -2.6 14,708 Somerset HA 11,623 5,785 5,838 11,142 481 4.3 11,122 South and West Devon HA 13.771 7,315 6,456 13,343 428 3.2 13,005 Wiltshire HA 12,397 6,387 6,010 11,524 873 7.6 10,434 Avon HA 21,492 11,959 9,533 19,981 1,511 7.6 19,990 Birmingham HA 15,197 7,270 7,927 14,379 818 5.7 14,393 Wigan and Bolton HA 13,540 6,417 7,123 13,274 266 2.0 13,577 Wirral HA 5,602 3,205 2,397 4,909 693 14.1 4,808 Bradford HA 10,001 3,765 6,236 9,822 179 1.8 10,255 County Durham and Darlington HA 11.508 5,635 5,873 11,209 299 2.7 11,313 East Riding and Hull HA 11,637 6,144 5,493 11,673 -36 -0.3 11,807 Gateshead and South Tyneside HA 7,671 3,471 4,200 7,778 -107 -1.4 8,244 Leeds HA 13,675 6,890 6,785 13,510 165 1.2 14,286 Newcastle and North Tyneside HA 6,945 3.584 3,361 7,696 -751 -9.8 7,839 North Cumbria HA 7,497 3,069 4,428 7,478 19 0.3 7,752 South Humber HA 7,848 2,837 5,011 8,474 -626 -7.4 8,310 Northumberland HA 5,177 2,420 2,757 4,932 245 5.0 4,910 Sunderland HA 6,095 2,817 3,278 5,911 184 3.1 6,127 Tees HA 10,952 5,286 5,666 10,624 328 3.1 10,984 Wakefield HA 6,721 3,492 3,229 7,087 -366 -5.2 7,394 North Yorkshire HA 13,795 6,491 7,304 14,571 -776 -5.3 14,460 Calderdale and Kirklees HA 10,564 4,716 5.848 11,068 -504 -4.6 10,760 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA 12,004 6,317 5,633 12,388 -384 -3.1 12,123 Dorset HA 8,736 4,152 4,584 9,745 -1,009 -10.4 9,745 North and East Devon HA 10,991 5,830 5,161 11,178 -187 -1.7 11,273 Gloucestershire HA 8,205 3,879 4,326 7,920 285 3.6 7,935 Coventry HA 4,807 2,575 2,232 4,152 655 15.8 4,187 Dudley HA 4,792 2,327 2,465 4,627 165 3.6 4,327 Herefordshire HA 2,792 1,338 1,454 2,048 384 15.9 2,630 Sandwell HA 4,601 2,031 2,570 4,466 135 3.0 4,520 Shropshire HA 7,012 3,984 3,028 6,705 307 4.6 7,053 Solihull HA 3,487 1,689 1,798 3,448 39 1.1 3,523 North Staffordshire HA 6,473 3,074 3,399 6,494 -21 -0.3 6,715 South Staffordshire HA 12,667 5,800 6,867 12,530 137 1.1 12,767 Walsall HA 2,741 1,533 1,208 2,576 165 6.4 2,608 Warwickshire HA 10,345 4,679 5,666 9,507 838 8.8 9,780 Wolverhampton HA 3,730 2,166 1,564 3,651 79 2.2 3,726 Worcestershire HA 9,517 4,613 4,904 9,738 -221 -2.3 9,950 Cambridgeshire HA 14,616 7,443 7,173 13,834 782 5.7 13,641 Norfolk HA 18,493 8,589 9,904 18,301 192 1.0 17,442 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 14,876 7,373 7,503 12,681 2,195 17.3 13,026 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey HA 15,076 8,638 6,438 15,353 -277 -1.8 15,865 Hertfordshire HA 21,513 11,141 10,372 21,897 -384 -1.8 22,373 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich HA 13,817 6,933 6,884 13,230 587 4.4 14,288 England 1,022,300 497,793 524.507 1,005,411 16,889 1.7 1,007,728