§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the waiting lists are for operations in the Leicestershire health area in each category. [46181]
§ Yvette CooperThe table below shows the waiting lists for elective admission by specialty in the Leicestershire Health Authority area as at 31 December 2001——the latest published figures that are available:
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Specialty Ordinary admissions Day cases General surgery 1768 1605 Urology 296 442 Trauma/orthopaedics 1698 917 ENT 1393 270 Ophthalmology 717 2083 Oral surgery 159 362 Neurosurgery 21 1 Plastic surgery 444 328 Cardiothoracic surgery 320 —— Paediatric surgery 49 139 A&E —— 30 Anaesthetics 212 231 Pain management 30 163
Specialty Ordinary admissions Day cases General medicine 1 67 Gastroenterology 0 103 Cardiology 274 548 Dermatology 0 18 Thoracic medicine 0 6 Nephrology 0 3 Neurology 13 42 Rheumatology 0 7 Gynaecology 707 529 Clinical oncology 0 383 Total (all specialties) 8102 8277 Source:
Hospital Waiting List Statistics: England (copies are available in House of Commons Library and on the DoH website at: http://www.doh.gov.uk/waitingtimes/).