HC Deb 23 October 2001 vol 373 cc148-9W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are on waiting lists for operations in each specialty in Leicestershire. [8522]

Mr. Hutton

The table shows the waiting lists for elective admission by specialty in the Leicestershire health authority area as at 30 June 2001—the latest published figures that are available:

Specialty Ordinary admissions Day cases
General surgery 1,745 1,267
Urology 263 678
Trauma and Orthopaedics 1,738 869
Ear, nose and Throat 1,746 262
Ophthalmology 402 1,886
Oral surgery 121 404
Neurosurgery 24 1
Plastic surgery 522 450
Cardiothoracic surgery 360 —
Paediatric surgery 66 173
Accident and emergency — 16
Anaesthetics 221 256
Pain management 1 177
General medicine 20 253
Gastroenterology — 39
Cardiology 239 360
Dermatology — 9
Thoracic medicine — 12
Nephrology 1 8
Neurology 20 —
Paediatrics — 31
Gynaecology 569 440
Mental Illness 19 —
Total1 8,077 7,591
1 All specialties

Source:

Hospital Waiting List Statistics: England