§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many elective admissions to the NHS there were in Burnley in each of the last five years. [167946]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested is not collected centrally on a constituency basis. Information relating to national health service organisations serving the Burnley area is shown in the table.
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Patients waiting for elective inpatient admission Patients waiting for admission by months waiting Months-end NHS Trust Total number of patients Less than three months Three to five months Six to eight months Nine to 11 months 12–14 months 15–17 18+ months March 2000 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 4,803 2,458 1,190 639 377 120 19 — March 2000 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 5,084 2,977 1,202 606 251 48 — — March 2001 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 4,554 2,335 1,207 686 326 — — — March 2001 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 5,032 2,924 1,283 593 232 — — — March 2002 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 4,749 2,266 1,165 778 405 135 — — March 2002 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 4,883 2,532 1,303 692 356 — — — March 2003 Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 4,595 2,219 1,223 761 392 — — — March 2003 Blackburn Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 3,968 2,375 1,078 432 83 — — — February-2004 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust 8,451 4,864 2,354 960 273 — — — Notes: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust was formed on 1 April 2003 from the merger of Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Healthcare and the acute services of Burnley Healthcare. The Mental Illness and Old Age Psychiatry services of Burnley Healthcare transferred to
Lancashire Care NHS Trust on 1 April 2002.
Source: DH form KHO7 and Monthly Monitoring