HC Deb 13 February 2002 vol 380 cc492-7W
Sandra Gidley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients aged(a) 16 to 59, (b) 60 to 75 and (c) over 75 years were waiting for (i) hearing tests and (ii) other audiology treatment by (A) hospital trust and (B) health authority in each quarter for the last three years. [28845]

Jacqui Smith

Data on waiting times for hearing tests are not collected centrally.

Data are collected on the number of out-patients waiting over 13 weeks for 'audiological medicine'. These are shown in the table. These data are not collected in age-ranges.

Audiology in-patients are treated within the ear, nose and throat specialty. Data on the number of patients specifically waiting for audiology treatment within the ENT specialty are not collected centrally.

The "Action on ENT" initiative, which has been established as part of our modernisation strategy for the NHS, is improving access to ENT and audiology services. One element of the initiative focuses specifically on audiology, with the aim of spreading best practice to all audiology departments. Audiology departments are supported to re-design the way services are provided in order to improve access and reduce waiting times.

Number of out-patients still waiting at quarter end over 13 weeks for first out-patient appointment in audiological medicine following GP referral
Name September 1998 December 1998 March 1999 June 1999 September 1999 December 1999
Data by trust
Barking and Dagenham PCT 0 0 0 0 0 0
City and Hackney PCT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Central Manchester PCT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Royal Surrey County and St. Luke's Hospitals NHS Trust 118 89 87 78 68 25
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust 129 126 100 132 131 297
Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 0 0
Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, University Hospital NHS Trust 145 169 150 147 239 98
Brighton Healthcare NHS Trust 0 0 243 181 131 76
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 33 35 40 28 31 52
Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospital NHS Trust 29 31 30 7 2 2
St. Mary's NHS Trust 1 0 0 0 0 0
St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust 22 60 67 112 130 77
King's College Hospital NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 0 0
Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust 0 6 7 7 36 0
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust 2 0 0 0 0 1
Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust 2 1 0 1 1 0
Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust 8 18 17 4 13 0
City and Hackney Community Services NHS Trust 2 3 4 1 0 1
Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 0 0 0 1 1 0
Surrey Sussex healthcare NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 0 0
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 0 0 0 30 13 13
Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust 0 0 0 99 145 125
Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 0 0
East and North Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 0 0

March 2000 June 2000 September 2000 December 2000 March 2001 June 2001 September 2001
Barking and Dagenham PCT 0 0 0 0 0 15 9
City and Hackney PCT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Central Manchester PCT 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Royal Surrey County and St. Luke's Hospitals NHS Trust 8 18 1 5 26 32 34
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust 260 144 192 303 288 377 435
Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, University Hospital NHS Trust 55 1 3 4 2 2 3
Brighton Healthcare NHS Trust 28 40 84 57 182 206 0
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 0 233 185
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 69 54 79 51 31 82 93
Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospital NHS Trust 3 17 11 17 11 19 104
St. Mary's NHS Trust 0 68 86 83 86 74 17
St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust 67 147 192 90 243 377 438
King's College Hospital NHS Trust 1 1 2 0 0 1 1
Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust 0 2 0 3 7 4 3
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust 0 1 1 2 0 0 1
Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust 0 1 0 14 0 39 0
City and Hackney Community Services NHS Trust 0 1 2 2 0 0 1
Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 0 0 0 11 3 6 9
Surrey Sussex healthcare NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 9 39 22 14 22 28 32
Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust 113 141 137 109 76 106 120
Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
East and North Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust 0 14 10 24 15 35 37

Name September 1998 December 1998 March 1999 June 1999 September 1999 December 1999
Data by health authority
Hillingdon HA 10 34 91 0 0 4
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA 6 6 8 8 8 21
Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA 3 4 7 9 9 0

Name September 1998 December 1998 March 1999 June 1999 September 1999 December 1999
Bedfordshire HA 5 5 4 15 6 0
Berkshire HA 0 25 28 12 5 4
Buckinghamshire HA 0 1 1 1 0 0
Croydon HA 1 3 6 1 8 10
East Kent HA 0 0 1 2 0 0
West Kent HA 2 2 1 2 2 3
Kingston and Richmond HA 0 0 2 2 7 5
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA 2 13 16 6 11 8
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA 18 287 236 199 255 186
East Surrey HA 7 1 6 8 11 7
West Surrey HA 97 81 73 50 69 23
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA 1 0 196 145 105 55
West Sussex HA 20 3 25 15 40 23
Barking and Havering HA 8 2 0 4 4 3
Brent and Harrow HA 11 14 7 31 16 22
Camden and Islington HA 40 0 31 31 31 31
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 7 9 2 3 4 3
East London and City HA 4 11 3 15 15 15
North Essex HA 0 1 1 1 1 4
South Essex HA 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manchester HA 22 14 51 53 19 20
Morecambe Bay HA 0 0 1 0 0 0
Salford and Trafford HA 1 0 1 1 0 0
Stockport HA 0 1 1 0 1 0
Oxfordshire HA 15 53 68 64 74 166
Suffolk HA 0 0 0 1 1 0
Barnsley HA 2 3 6 6 0 8
North Derbyshire HA 16 13 14 13 14 6
Southern Derbyshire HA 3 16 15 10 14 8
Doncaster HA 2 0 1 0 0 0
Lincolnshire HA 2 2 4 2 1 0
Nottingham HA 136 148 133 136 239 90
Rotherham HA 7 6 6 0 0 8
Sheffield HA 794 956 706 706 753 956
East Lancashire HA 0 0 0 0 0 0
North and Mid Hampshire HA 14 17 17 10 31 1
Southampton and SW Hampshire HA 0 0 2 1 12 0
Somerset HA 0 0 0 0 0 0
East Riding and Hull HA 0 1 1 0 0 0
Wakefield HA 0 0 0 3 0 0
Coventry HA 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Staffordshire HA 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warwickshire HA 5 5 1 2 2 54
Cambridgeshire HA 0 0 0 4 0 0
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Hertfordshire HA n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

March 2000 June 2000 September 2000 December 2000 March 2001 June 2001 September 2001
Hillingdon HA 3 5 2 0 2 2 3
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA 23 63 84 80 91 81 56
Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA 16 7 11 9 14 18 18
Bedfordshire HA 0 1 0 1 7 11 8
Berkshire HA 6 20 18 20 10 16 101
Buckinghamshire HA 0 0 1 0 2 0 1
Croydon HA 6 9 5 0 0 3 7
East Kent HA 2 1 2 0 0 1 0
West Kent HA 3 1 1 1 1 4 4
Kingston and Richmond HA 4 11 12 11 1 16 16
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA 6 9 9 13 4 3 29
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA 186 263 293 184 302 433 516
East Surrey HA 5 6 8 16 4 9 22
West Surrey HA 8 16 1 6 23 32 33
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA 23 29 60 47 166 194 1
West Sussex HA 13 22 25 15 28 36 5
Barking and Havering HA 2 0 4 4 4 5 6
Brent and Harrow HA 17 57 20 42 37 50 47
Camden and Islington HA 78 47 65 115 97 104 143

March 2000 June 2000 September 2000 December 2000 March 2001 June 2001 September 2001
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 1 4 7 11 9 12 14
East London and City HA 43 15 18 39 40 18 71
North Essex HA 0 6 2 8 1 3 5
South Essex HA 0 0 0 4 2 3 2
Manchester HA 4 16 3 4 14 4 5
Morecambe Bay HA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Salford and Trafford HA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Stockport HA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Oxfordshire HA 68 90 55 61 68 88 4
Suffolk HA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Barnsley HA 12 5 13 11 10 7 6
North Derbyshire HA 15 10 15 17 18 16 9
Southern Derbyshire HA 4 0 0 11 3 5 9
Doncaster HA 1 3 4 6 3 2 2
Lincolnshire HA 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nottingham HA 49 1 3 4 2 2 3
Rotherham HA 11 11 13 12 14 15 10
Sheffield HA 803 662 641 503 235 7 157
East Lancashire HA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
North and Mid Hampshire HA 0 2 2 5 5 4 8
Southampton and SW Hampshire HA 1 2 0 3 3 0 1
Somerset HA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
East Riding and Hull HA 0 1 1 2 0 0 1
Wakefield HA 1 1 2 1 1 1 0
Coventry HA 0 0 0 0 0 232 0
South Staffordshire HA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Warwickshire HA 8 15 12 16 9 8 0
Cambridgeshire HA 1 2 0 14 0 43 0
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 78 87
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 81 88
Hertfordshire HA n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 36 43
Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 5