HC Deb 16 June 2004 vol 422 cc1006-7W
Mr. Pike

To 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 Johnson

The 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.

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