§ Mr. Burnsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people living within the Mid Essex health authority area are waiting for non-emergency operations and treatment: what the figures were 12 months ago and 24 months ago; and what was the average waiting time 24 months ago, 12 months ago and the latest available figures.
§ Mr. NewtonI shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will enumerate those health authorities 517W where waiting lists for in-patient treatment exceeded 18 per thousand in 1985 and 1986; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if he will enumerate those health authorities where present waiting lists for in-patient treatment exceed 18 per thousand; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 10 July 1987 c. 312]: am sorry I cannot give my hon. Friend all the information he seeks. Current information is not held centrally. The available information for 1985 and 1986 is given in the table.
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Cases on in-patient waiting list per 1,000 population1 District and authority 1985 1986 31 March 30 September 31 March 30 September Northern Regional Health Authority Hartlepool 18.2 19.1 15.5 16.1 South Tees 25.8 24.2 21.1 20.6 East Cumbria 15.9 16.2 17.0 18.3 Darlington 16.2 11.0 17.9 19.8 Newcastle 30.7 30.6 30.7 32.5 Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Hull 22.9 20.0 21.6 22.2 Scunthorpe 21.4 15.3 10.5 15.0 Bradford 16.2 17.6 19.0 20.3 Trent Regional Health Authority Central Nottinghamshire 21.3 19.4 19.0 20.2 Sheffield 21.6 21.0 22.3 20.6 East Anglian Regional Health Authority Cambridge 22.5 20.1 19.0 18.1 Peterborough 17.7 17.8 16.1 18.1 Norwich 18.9 17.2 14.9 14.9 Great Yarmouth and Waveney 15.9 15.7 18.1 17.9 North West Thames Regional Health Authority Hillingdon 29.6 31.2 33.0 33.6 Hounslow and Spelthorne 13.5 16.1 18.2 18.8 Paddington and North Kensington 19.9 22.6 25.8 27.3 Riverside 10 2 18.5 19.8 19.4 North East Thames Regional Health Authority Basildon and Thurrock 17.3 18.5 21.5 21.6 West Essex 16.9 18.5 19.8 19.2 Hampstead 21.2 21.6 19.1 24.6 Bloomsbury 105.3 97.9 110.1 112.7 City and Hackney 37.0 33.4 31.6 37.1 Tower Hamlets 41.1 43.0 44.6 46.0 Waltham Forest 18.2 19.1 20.1 19.1 South East Thames Regional Health Authority Hastings 13.2 14.1 15.4 18.0 Dartford and Gravesham 17.9 18.8 20.0 20.1 Tunbridge Wells 30.5 24.8 25.3 24.9 West Lambeth 31.7 33.6 39.2 47.1 Lewisham and North Southwark 20.4 22.6 26.0 26.9 Wessex Regional Health Authority Southampton and South West Hampshire 21.1 19.7 20.3 20.1 Salisbury 47.6 34.9 36.5 35.2 Oxford Regional Health Authority East Berkshire 24.1 19.8 20.7 21.2 Aylesbury Vale 32.7 28.9 26.8 24.0 South Western Regional Health Authority Bristol and Weston 21.3 20.7 21.8 22.8 Frenchay 23.3 20.5 16.0 15.4 West Midlands Regional Health Authority Herefordshire 15.2 16.3 17.3 18.8 A significant, though varying, proportion of patients on the waiting list are referred by general practitioners in other districts. The relevant population for comparison is therefore the "catchment" population which can, and in many cases does, vary substantially from the resident population. The figures for district health authorities may therefore have little significance. Any comparisons between districts based upon these percentages could be seriously misleading.
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District and authority 1985 1986 31 March 30 September 31 March 30 September Shropshire 20.5 19.2 19.6 20.8 North Staffordshire 22.5. 23.0 19.6 19.9 Central Birmingham 33.3 32.1 29.6 30.1 East Birmingham 18.3 18.5 16.8 16.8 South Birmingham 30.8 29.7 29.4 31.4 West Birmingham 15.6 16.6 16.5 19.4 Coventry 22.1 20.8 19.6 18.5 Wolverhampton 15.8 15.5 16.3 18.0 Mersey Regional Health Authority Crewe 22.3 21.4 19.0 18.6 South Sefton 24.2 21.3 20.3 19.6 North Western Regional Health Authority Preston 33.9 34.1 37.8 35.2 West Lancashire 16.9 16.5 18.6 20.7 North Manchester 20.6 17.0 19.0 18.0 Central Manchester 36.4 38.9 43.2 48.5 South Manchester 34.1 36.7 33.3 32.9 Oldham 20.5 20.6 19.9 21.2 Salford 18.1 17.8 17.4 18.3 1 Mid year estimated population.