HC Deb 22 December 1983 vol 51 cc384-93W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of urgent and non-urgent patients on hospital waiting lists in each health district; how many urgent cases have been on each list for more than a month; and how many non-urgent cases on each list for more than a year.

Mr. John Patten

[pursuant to his reply, 8 December 1983, c. 233.] The latest available information is as follows:

Number of persons on in-patient waiting lists on 31 March 1983 Region—Yorkshire regional health authority
Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
Hull 55 39 7,019 2,234 7,074
East Yorkshire — — 1,594 468 1,594
Grimsby 19 12 2,474 850 2,493
Scunthorpe 44 28 5,135 946 5,179
Northallerton — — 687 9 687
York 2 — 3,249 653 3,251
Scarborough 87 66 1,989 292 2,076
Harrogate 20 13 1,334 228 1,354
Bradford 188 119 5,715 684 5,903
Airedale 196 161 1,606 422 1,802
Calderdale 6 2 1,209 112 1,215
Huddersfield 6 5 2,914 619 2,920
Dewsbury 12 2 1,134 93 1,146
Leeds Western 477 267 4,229 1,181 4,706
Leeds Eastern 855 715 5,129 1,717 5,984
Wakefield 121 63 3,420 614 3,541
Pontefract 66 28 2,245 670 2,311
Total 2,154 1,520 51,082 11,792 53,236

Number of persons on in-patient waiting lists on 31 March 1983 Region—Trent Regional Health Authority
District Health Authority Urgent Non-urgent
All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
North Derbyshire 421 355 3,160 1,217 3,581
South Derbyshire 150 53 6,439 2,433 6,589
Leicestershire 452 235 6,514 1,476 6,966
North Lincolnshire 274 177 3,542 1,145 3,816
South Lincolnshire 159 136 4,103 1,965 4,262
Bassetlaw 39 22 877 269 916
Central Nottinghamshire 92 34 7,418 3,339 7,510
Nottingham 652 508 10,633 4,227 11,285
Barnsley 102 38 3,602 1,076 3,704
Doncaster 535 447 5,264 1,962 5,799
Rotherham 168 136 4,008 1,392 4,176
Sheffield 1,555 1,012 12,661 5,125 14,216
Total 4,599 3,153 68,221 25,626 72,820

Number of Persons on In-patient waiting lists on 31 March 1983 Region—East Anglian Regional Health Authority
Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
Cambridge 632 394 6,364 2,365 6,996
Peterborough 128 48 3,716 712 3,844
West Suffolk 53 38 2,070 415 2,123
East Suffolk 65 31 3,050 436 3,115
Norwich 1,673 1,127 9,172 3,534 10,845
Great Yarmouth 418 366 3,652 409 4,070
West Norfolk and Wisbech 65 33 1,500 172 1,565
Huntingdon 6 — 407 7 413
TOTAL 3,040 2,037 29,931 8,050 32,971

Number of persons on in-patient waiting lists on 31 March 1983 Region—North West Thames Regional Health Authority
Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
North Bedfordshire 91 32 2,423 602 2,514
South Bedfordshire 53 15 2,276 864 2,329
North Hertfordshire 26 11 3,105 1,061 3,131

Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
East Hertfordshire 35 34 1,767 62 1,802
North West Hertfordshire 8 — 2,955 381 2,963
South West Hertfordshire 400 219 1,808 758 2,208
Barnet 233 96 3,525 651 3,758
Harrow 3 3 1,506 4 1,509
Hillingdon 646 438 5,509 2,341 6,155
Hounslow and Spelthorne 174 17 3,068 729 3,242
Ealing 170 123 1,236 359 1,406
Brent 207 138 1,786 304 1,993
Paddington 121 92 2,493 429 2,614
Hammersmith and Fulham 576 493 2,523 929 3,099
Victoria 9 3 2,820 47 2,829
Total 2,752 1,714 38,800 9,521 41,552

Number of Persons on In-patient Waiting Lists on 31 March 1983 Region—North East Thames Regional Health Authority
Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
Basildon and Thurrock 485 387 6,045 2,943 6,530
Mid Essex 190 37 3,074 624 3,264
North East Essex 203 47 2,996 574 3,199
West Essex 2 — 3,095 410 3,097
Southend 595 302 2,669 738 3,264
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 158 120 4,505 941 4,663
Hampstead 30 22 1,686 398 1,716
Bloomsbury 238 70 10,874 1,300 11,112
Islington 225 118 926 114 1,151
City and Hackney 1,058 776 3,799 747 4,857
Newham 181 140 1,819 251 2,000
Tower Hamlets 1,391 1,191 4,437 1,951 5,828
Enfield 29 7 2,789 821 2,818
Haringey 119 49 1,337 234 1,456
Redbridge 38 19 1,671 149 1,709
Waltham Forest 96 28 3,621 973 3,717
Total 5,038 3,313 55,343 13,168 60,381

Number of persons on in-patient waiting lists on 31 March 1983 Region—South East Thames regional health authority
Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
Brighton 158 2 3,643 — 3,801
Eastbourne 64 32 2,461 537 2,525
Hastings 105 55 2,582 589 2,687
South East Kent 57 22 4,167 967 4,224
Canterbury and Thanes 379 166 3,937 1,098 4,316
Dartford and Gravesham 19 7 3,217 488 3,236
Maidstone 109 64 1,918 634 2,027
Medway 526 464 3,013 980 3,539
Tunbridge Wells 454 286 6,086 2,857 6,540
Bexley 6 5 1,199 108 1,205
Greenwich 4 3 2,729 169 2,733
Bromley 292 8 1,859 288 2,151
West Lambeth 958 856 4,168 1,340 5,126
Camberwell 108 65 3,088 671 3,196
Lewisham and North Southwark 774 278 4,374 803 5,148
TOTAL 4,013 2,313 48,441 11,529 52,454

Number of persons on in-patient waiting list on 31 March 1983 Region—South-West Thames Regional Health Authority
Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
North West Surrey 275 250 2,220 394 2,495
West Surrey and North East Hants 1,040 940 2,831 664 3,871
South West Surrey 132 39 3,233 940 3,365
Mid Surrey 474 329 1,856 489 2,330
East Surrey 22 22 1,467 63 1,489
Chichester 219 203 2,450 1,240 2,669
Mid Downs 93 47 2,585 413 2,678
Worthing 299 192 3,629 1,167 3,928
Croydon 130 40 2,884 568 3,014
Kingston and Esher 194 125 2,869 1,075 3,063
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 202 111 2,206 894 2,408
Wandsworth 312 57 3,169 434 3,481
Merton and Sutton 811 368 2,689 232 3500
TOTAL 4,203 2,723 34,088 8,537 38,291

Number of persons on in-patient waiting lists on 31 March 1983 Region—Wessex Regional Health Authority
Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
East Dorset 1,259 971 4,264 956 5,523
West Dorset 172 123 2,130 362 2,302
Portsmouth 293 119 6,588 2,250 6,881
South West Hampshire and Southampton 1,606 1,261 7,723 2,424 9,329
Winchester 85 43 2,287 475 2,372
Basingstoke 103 78 3,408 1,045 3,511
Salisbury 115 40 4,881 1,891 4,996
Swindon 178 81 2,799 405 2,977
West Wiltshire and Bath 1,319 1,148 6,178 2,512 7,497
Isle of Wight 10 — 1,291 122 1,301
Total 5,140 3,864 41,549 12,442 46,689

Numbers of persons on in-patient waiting lists on 31 March 1983 Region—Oxford Regional Health Authority
Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
East Berkshire 573 463 7,765 2,844 8,338
West Berkshire 154 34 3,343 216 3,497
Aylesbury 442 271 5,344 2,486 5,786
Wycombe 18 — 1,140 36 1,158
Milton Keynes 2 — 1 — 3
Kettering 26 19 2,785 1,180 2,811
Northampton 547 196 6,844 3,553 7,391
Oxfordshire 246 85 7,674 1,359 7,920
TOTAL 2,008 1,068 34,896 11,674 36,904

Numbers of persons on in-patient waiting lists on 31 March 1983 Region—South Western Regional Health Authority
Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
Bristol and Weston 542 336 6,232 1,039 6,774
Frenchay 84 25 5,901 3,999 5,985
Southmead 354 151 2,705 705 3,059
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 275 214 5,035 1,883 5,310
Exeter 140 34 4,529 1,038 4,669
North Devon 8 — 1,635 84 1,643
Plymouth 545 401 5,321 1,980 5,866
Torbay 28 10 2,702 885 2,730
Cheltenham 20 6 1,811 300 1,831
Gloucester 403 209 4,615 1,735 5,018

Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
Somerset 629 415 4,347 1,501 4,976
TOTAL 3,028 1,801 44,833 15,149 47,861

Number of persons on in-patient waiting lists on 31 March 1983 Region—West Midlands Regional Health Authority
Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
Bromsgrove and Redditch 22 12 1,678 347 1,700
Herefordshire 59 21 2,511 918 2,570
Kidderminster and District 3 — 1,085 121 1,088
Worcester and District 8 2 2,392 350 2,400
Shropshire 219 103 7,977 2,064 8,196
Mid Staffordshire 15 — 2,423 1,004 2,438
North Staffordshire 433 334 9,216 3,524 9,649
South East Staffordshire 40 31 2,306 563 2,346
Rugby 17 17 801 306 818
North Warwickshire 46 11 1,727 687 1,773
South Warwickshire 165 79 3,129 908 3,294
Central Birmingham 650 425 7,117 1,708 7,767
East Birmingham 664 383 3,255 2,025 3,919
North Birmingham 107 75 2,513 738 2,620
South Birmingham 306 237 6,704 3,088 7,010
West Birmingham 236 186 3,706 1,014 3,942
Coventry 560 428 8,279 3,843 8,839
Dudley 205 109 4,940 2,607 5,145
Sandwell 21 8 1,667 229 1,688
Solihull 11 — 2,279 762 2,290
Walsall 5 1 3,039 1,410 3,044
Wolverhampton 133 51 3,429 768 3,562
Total 3,925 2,513 82,173 28,984 86,098

Number of Persons on In-patient Waiting Lists on 31 March 1983 Region—Mersey Regional Health Authority
Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
Chester 104 45 2,572 417 2,676
Crewe 603 521 4,599 2,217 5,202
Halton — — 9 1 9
Macclesfield 291 235 1,929 1,305 2,220
Warrington 102 94 2,834 1,501 2,936
Liverpool 495 318 7,813 1,792 8,308
St. Helens and Knowsley — — 3,142 972 3,142
North Sefton 33 17 1,344 277 1,377
South Sefton 84 50 6,642 2,354 6,726
Wirral 420 232 3,171 481 3,591
TOTAL 2,132 1,512 34,055 11,317 36,187

Number of persons on in-patient waiting lists on 31 March 1983 Region—North Western Regional Health Authority
Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
Lancaster 158 84 1,634 452 1,792
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 363 189 3,487 935 3,850
Preston 242 172 4,535 2,194 4,777
Blackburn, Hyndbum and Ribble Valley 24 — 2,816 1,118 2,840
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 202 134 3,219 1,155 3,421
West Lancashire 5 — 2,156 542 2,161
Chorley and South Ribble — — 741 156 741
Bolton 48 10 3,096 1,007 3,144
Bury — — 1,004 133 1,004
North Manchester 171 108 4,019 693 4,190

Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
Central Manchester 398 189 4,270 943 4,668
South Manchester 947 544 6,947 1,783 7,894
Oldham 413 296 4,512 2,137 4,925
Rochdale 10 7 2,346 802 2,356
Salford 162 45 4,365 1,166 4,527
Stockport 228 142 3,888 1,404 4,116
Tameside and Glossop 101 53 2,381 1,094 2,482
Trafford 13 2 1,401 75 1,414
Wigan 137 47 4,414 1,558 4,551
Total 3,622 2,022 61,231 19,347 64,853

Number of persons on in-patient waiting lists on 31 March 1983 Special Health Authorities and Boards of Governors
Urgent Non-urgent
District Health Authority All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
The Hospitals for Sick Children 48 16 1,480 143 1,528
The National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases 30 — 487 — 517
Moorfields Eye Hospital 3 1 1,278 3 1,281
The Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudsley Hospital — — 136 — 136
The National Heart and Chest Hospitals 136 18 1,027 2 1,163
The Royal Marsden Hospital 17 — 284 — 301
Hammersmith Hospital 374 226 2,072 385 2,446
Queen Charlotte's Hospital for Women 10 — 370 — 380
Eastman Dental Hospital — — — — —
Total 618 261 7,134 533 7,752
Total England (all regions) 49,123 32,092 676,492 198,325 725,615