Out-patient Treatment (Hansard, 5 February 2002)

HC Deb 05 February 2002 vol 379 c919W 919W

§ Mr. Burstow
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list in(a) rank and (b) alphabetical order of NHS trust, by NHS region, the (i) proportion and (ii) numbers of patients waiting (A) over 12 and (B) over 18 months or more for out-patient treatment (1) at the latest available date, (2) in March 1997 and (3) in June 1997. [17928]

§ Mr. Hutton
Data are only collected on the number of patients waiting over six months for a first out-patient appointment. Beyond this time period, data are not broken down into those patients waiting over 12 or 18 months.