HC Deb 25 July 1986 vol 102 cc727-31W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people are, at the latest available date,

Number of cases on the in-patient waiting list at 31 December, Wandsworth District Health Authority
Hospital/Specialty 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 *1985
St. George's Hospital
General medicine 9 4 9 3 9 1
Dermatology 4 3 5 1 3 7
Rehabilitation 3 1 0 3 3 2
Geriatrics 8 6 2 0 0 0
General surgery 289 254 249 166 129 330
ENT 128 265 521 521 488 582
Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery 300 402 330 322 307 223
Ophthalmology 177 114 129 154 173 165
Urology 0 38 24 109 67 0
Plastic surgery 38 57 24 28 16 35
Gynaecology 269 113 85 94 117 201
Cardiac surgery 101 146 127 302 305 240
Total 1,326 1,403 1,505 1,703 1,617 1,786
Atkinson Morley Hospital
Neurology 32 20 43 36 35 22
Rehabilitation 47 69 53 71 78 86
Neurosurgery 65 56 91 50 86 51
Mental illness 14 13 13 18 18 18
Total 158 158 200 175 217 177
Springfield Hospital
Mental illness 24 13 25 25 23 13
Total 24 13 25 25 23 13
St James Hospital
General medicine 0 20 19 12 0 0
Dermatology 4 3 0 0 0 0
General surgery 271 325 299 330 390 123
ENT 50 47 60 98 0 0
Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery 94 83 131 128 104 71
Urology 34 20 31 37 35 33
Plastic surgery 12 223 236 278 253 137
Oral surgery 52 541 546 592 243 0
Gynaecology 23 36 32 22 34 3
Restorative dentistry 0 18 26 17 35 0
Total 540 1,316 1,380 1,514 1,094 367
South London Hospital for Women and Children (Hospital closed in early 1985)
General medicine 0 1 0 0 0 —
General surgery 28 19 22 31 0 —
Gynaecology 102 73 94 139 0 —
Total 130 93 116 170 0 —
Gardiner Hill Unit
Mental handicap 10 0 0 0 0 0
Total 10 0 0 0 0 0

awaiting hospital treatment, for each specialty at every hospital in Wandsworth; and what were the comparable figures in each of the last five years.

Mr. Whitney

The information requested is given in the table.

The data collected for individual hospitals do not distinguish between urgent and non-urgent cases.

* Provisional.

Note:

It should be noted that in certain specialties a hospital may maintain a waiting list which is common to more than one hospital within a district health authority.

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of people on the waiting lists for acute surgery every six months since 30 September 1982 for (a) each district health authority and special health authority in Greater London, (b) the health authorities in Greater London added together and (c) the health authorities in Inner London added together;

Number of cases on in-patient waiting list for acute surgery in NHS hospitals wholly or partly within Greater London
District Health Authorities/ Special Health Authorities 30 September 1982* 31 March 1983* 30 September 1983* 31 March 1984* 30 September 1984 31 March 1985 30 September 1985
Inner London
Hampstead 1,948 1,675 1,705 1,879 1,776 2,133 2,321
Bloomsbury 8,904 10,342 9,842 11,694 11,921 12,853 12,702
Islington 1,072 1,123 1,312 1,571 1,476 1,748 1,830
City and Hackney 4,131 4,436 4,985 5,434 5,834 6,399 6,439
Newham 2,222 2,000 2,412 1,504 1,550 1,162 999
Tower Hamlets 5,563 5,505 5,495 5,476 5,508 5,823 6,324
West Lambeth 5,602 4,616 4,215 5,006 5,158 4,732 5,471
Camberwell 3,128 2,927 2,949 2,842 2,954 2,748 2,749
Lewisham and North Southwark 4,800 4,726 4,347 5,207 5,496 5,840 7,162
Wandsworth 2,939 3,139 2,863 3,048 2,987 3,044 2,646
Riverside† 5,685 5,661 5,234 5,336 4,931 5,157 5,333
Paddington and North Kensington 2,628 2,416 2,282 2,757 2,881 2,380 2,765
The Hospital for Sick Children 1,177 1,318 1,702 1,548 1,839 1,891 1,790
The National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases 126 123 125 133 186 162 125
Moorfields Eye Hospital 1,458' 1,281 1,320 1,570 1,720 1,330 1,350
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals 47 49 57 68 75 73 77
The National Heart and Chest Hospitals 294 260 276 332 389 405 508
Hammersmith and Queen Charlottes 1,716 2,327 2,305 2,315 2,222 2,536 1,980
All Health Authorities—Inner London 53,440 53,924 53,426 57,720 58,903 60,416 62,571
Outer London
Barnet 3,521 3,614 3,708 3,356 3,689 3,766 3,549
Harrow 1,271 1,383 1,257 1,521 1,132 1,104 1,105
Hillingdon 5,809 5,900 5,799 5,954 6,162 6,665 7,243
Hounslow and Spelthorne 3,100 3,211 3,707 3,610 4,104 3,839 4,612
Ealing 1,367 1,268 1,610 1,689 1,341 1,659 1,932
Brent 1,620 1,908 2,243 2,169 2,097 1,840 1,772
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 4,312 4,497 4,234 5,199 5,665 6,103 6,280
Enfield 2,952 2,676 2,755 2,829 2,792 3,069 3,005
Haringey 1,708 1,456 1,350 1,108 1,211 1,208 1,055
Redbridge 1,688 1,658 1,465 1,623 1,577 1,375 1,388
Waltham Forest 3,245 3,712 3,566 3,963 3,670 3,945 4,132
Bexley 1,049 1,148 1,026 920 1,268 1,348 1,659
Greenwich 2,138 2,579 2,463 2,435 2,241 2,026 1,972
Bromley 1,906 2,122 2,103 1,910 1,806 1,919 1,932
Croydon 3,006 2,922 2,709 2,390 1,942 2,142 2,368
Kingston and Esher 3,168 3,038 2,948 3,118 2,934 3,070 2,954
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 2,266 2,333 2,571 2,740 2,899 2,770 4,005
Merton and Sutton 3,530 3,374 3,285 2,622 2,411 2,424 2,605
All Health Authorities—Greater London 101,096 102,723 102,225 106,876 107,844 110,688 116,139
* Figures before 30 September 1984 exclude a small number of surgical specialist units which were not separately identifiable.
† Prior to 1985, Victoria District Health Authority and Hammersmith and Fulham District Health Authority.

Number of cases on in-patient wailing list in NHS hospitals wholly or partly within Greater London—all specialties
District Health Authority/Special Health Authority 30 September 1982 31 March 1983 30 September 1983 31 March 1984 30 September 1984 31 March 1985 30 September 1985
Inner London Hampstead 1,979 1,716 1,737 2,013 1,866 2,276 2,321

(2) if he will give the number of people on in-patient waiting lists every six months since 30 September 1982 for (a) each district health authority and special health authority in Greater London, (b) the health authorities in Greater London added together and (c) the health authorities in Inner London added together.

Mr. Whitney

[pursuant to his reply, 21 July 1986, c. 95]: The requested information is given in the tables.

District Health Authority/ Special Health Authority 30 September 1982 31 March 1983 30 September 1983 31 March 1984 30 September 1984 31 March 1985 30 September 1985
Bloomsbury 9,632 11,112 10,657 12,607 12,697 13,652 12,702
Islington 1,098 1,151 1,335 1,593 1,484 1,758 1,830
City and Hackney 4,586 4,857 5,390 5,886 6,321 7,128 6,439
Newham 2,222 2,000 2,426 1,504 1,560 1,164 999
Tower Hamlets 6,003 5,828 5,880 5,759 5,771 6,053 6,324
West Lambeth 6,038 5,126 4,643 5,516 5,511 5,161 5,471
Camberwell 3,388 3,196 3,215 3,013 3,129 2,907 2,749
Lewisham and North Southwark 5,335 5,148 4,805 5,750 6,116 6,481 7,162
Wandsworth 3,239 3,481 3,242 3,548 3,177 3,199 2,646
Riverside* 5,888 5,928 5,413 5,531 5,140 5,406 5,333
Paddington and North Kensington 2,813 2,614 2,466 2,996 3,007 2,444 2,765
The Hospitals for Sick Children 1,456 1,528 1,903 2,205 2,162 2,162 2,117
The National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases 441 517 336 456 502 422 456
Moorfields Eye Hospital 1,458 1,281 1,320 1,570 1,720 1,330 1,350
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals 128 136 119 144 148 131 115
The National Heart and Chest Hospitals 1,073 1,163 1115 1,287 1,221 1,049 1,064
The Royal Marsden Hospital 331 301 212 306 274 252 289
Hammersmith and Queen Charlottes 2,167 2,826 2,758 2,707 2,596 2,864 2,322
All Health Authorities—Inner London 59,275 59,909 58,972 64,391 64,402 65,839 64,454
Outer London
Barnet 3,628 3,758 3,821 3,462 3,839 3,905 3,549
Harrow 1,370 1,509 1,372 2,174 1,254 1,269 1,105
Hillingdon 6,009 6,155 6,040 6,215 6,370 6,871 7,243
Hounslow and Spelthorne 3,127 3,242 3,720 3,620 4,119 3,851 4,612
Ealing 1,489 1,406 1,759 1,890 1,583 1,862 1,932
Brent 1,737 1,993 2,333 2,255 2,152 1,885 1,772
Barking, Havering and Brentwood 4,474 4,663 4,348 5,462 5,800 6,222 6,280
Enfield 3,068 2,818 2,871 2,946 2,917 3,197 3,005
Haringey 1,708 1,456 1,350 1,108 1,211 1,208 1,055
Redbridge 1,719 1,709 1,493 1,701 1,624 1,473 1,388
Waltham Forest 3,271 3,717 3,570 3,966 3,672 3,945 4,132
Bexley 1,123 1,205 1,075 963 1,308 1,399 1,659
Greenwich 2,362 2,733 2,574 2,522 2,323 2,094 1,972
Bromley 1,931 2,151 2,184 1,935 1,823 1,944 1,932
Croydon 3,093 3,014 2,812 2,435 1,990 2,201 2,368
Kingston and Esher 3,194 3,063 2,981 3,156 2,959 3,128 2,954
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 2,313 2,408 2,643 2,810 2,994 2,842 4,005
Merton and Sutton 3,639 3,500 3,386 2,746 2,536 2,551 2,605
All Health Authorities—Greater London 108,530 110,409 109,304 115,757 114,876 117,686 118,002
* Prior to 1985, Victoria District Health Authority and Hammersmith and Fulham District Health Authority.