Waiting Times

HC Deb 25 February 2002 vol 380 cc1002-3W

Virginia Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of patients are waiting over one year for inpatient treatment(a) in West Surrey and (b) in

Inpatient 12 month waiters—June 1997 and December 2001
	West Surrey1	County Durham1
June 1997
Number of patient waiting over 12 months for inpatient treatment	1,452	66
Percentage of patients waiting over 12 months for inpatient treatment	8.9	0.5
December 2001
Number of patient waiting over 12 months for inpatient treatment	849	7
Percentage of patients waiting over 12 months for inpatient treatment	7	0.1
1 Health Authority

Source:

QF01 quarterly return, Department of Health