§ Brian CotterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting times for people in need of orthopaedic surgery in the Avon health authority have been in each of the last five years. [40429]
§ Ms BlearsThe average median waiting times, from the date of a decision to admit a patient for treatment for the trauma and orthopaedics specialty to the admission date, in Avon health authority are shown in the table:
Median waiting time in days 1996–97 101 1997–98 112 1998–99 125 1999–2000 104 2000–01 117 Source:
Health Episode Statistics database
300WThe figures are based on elective hospital in-patients admitted with a specialty code 110—trauma and orthopaedic. There is currently no separate specialty code for orthopaedics alone.