§ Mr. Hickmetasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list those hospitals which have reduced their waiting lists most in the last three years; and if he will make a statement about Scunthorpe General Hospital's performance in this regard.
§ Mr. WhitneyHospital waiting lists are usually managed on a district basis. Districts recording the biggest percentage decrease in total numbers of hospital in-patient waiting lists are shown in the tables. They show that Scunthorpe district health authority made the biggest reduction in total cases between 1984 and 1985 and the 19th biggest between 1982 and 1985.
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District health authority 1982 1985 Percentage change Rank* North Manchester 4,726 2,490 -47.3 8 Barnsley 3,934 2,080 -47.1 9 Chester 2,940 1,573 -46.5 10 Durham 1,489 880 -40.9 11 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 3,294 1,994 -39.2 12 South Sefton 6,332 3,850 -39.5 13 Haringey 1,708 1,055 -38.2 14 Gateshead 1,661 1,036 -37.6 15 Aylesbury Vale 6,450 4,024 -37.6 16 East Yorkshire 1,924 1,205 -37.4 17 West Cumbria 1,870 1,186 -36.6 18 SCUNTHORPE 4,609 2,962 -35.7 19 Wakefield 3,216 2,074 -35.5 20 * Out of 191 district health authorities
§ Mr. Lawlerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the change in waiting lists for inpatient hospital treatment for hospitals within the Bradford district health authority for each year from 1979 to the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe requested information is given in the table.
Number of cases on inpatient waiting list in Bradford district health authority at 30 September for each year from 1978 to 1985 Year Number Change from previous year Number Per cent. 1978 3,150 — — *1979 5,060 †1,910 +60.6 1980 4,357 -703 -13.9 1981 4,191 -166 -3.8
Cases on inpatients waiting list for admission to National Health Service hospitals at 30 September 1985 Urgent Non-urgent All cases Percentage of urgent cases waiting for more than one month All cases Percentage of non-urgent cases waiting for more than one month Total of all cases Basildon and Thurrock District Health Authority Gynaecology 30 73.3 449 40.8 479 Traumatic and Orthopaedic surgery 139 82.7 597 50.4 736 Ear, nose and throat 3 0 164 0 167 North East Thames Regional Health Authority Gynaecology 737 57.9 6,627 9.1 7,364 Traumatic and Orthopaedic surgery 1,498 78.5 12,944 34.5 14,442 Ear, nose and throat 772 65 11,763 23.9 12,490