§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes there have been to NHS waiting list time in the last seven years for residents of Crosby. [160392]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonInformation most closely associated with place of residency is not collected on a constituency level, but at a health services commissioner level. Data is shown in the tables for Sefton Health Authority for the period 1997 to 2002 and South Sefton Primary Care Trust for 2003.
GP Referral to Consultant Waiting List in weeks Year Name Not seen 13 to 25 Not seen 26 plus 1997–98 Sefton HA 1,936 243 1998–99 Sefton HA 2,153 911 1999–2000 Sefton HA 2,241 883 2000–01 Sefton HA 1,358 779 2001–02 Sefton HA 1,141 0
GP Referral to Consultant Waiting List in weeks Month/year Name 13–17 Not seen 17–21 Not seen 21–26 Not seen 26 plus March 2003 South Sefton PCT 218 85 0 0 September 2003 South Sefton PCT 441 102 0 0 Source: Department of Health QM08R