§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average waiting time, in each of the regions, for a first appointment with (a) a general surgeon and (b) an ear, nose and throat surgeon.
§ Mr. NewtonI am sorry I cannot give the right hon. Member the information he seeks. Statistical information on cases awaiting out-patient consultation is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give, for each region, the waiting lists for (a) general surgery and (b) ear, nose and throat surgery; if he will express the figures as numbers per hundred thousand of the population; and if he will give the percentage increase since 1979 and since 1983 respectively.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information requested is given in the tables.
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Change between Regional health authorities 1979 Number of cases
1983 Number of cases
1986 Number of cases
1979–86 Number
Percentage 1983–86 Number
Percentage Mersey 11,961 10,624 7,789 -4,172 -34.9 -2,835 -26.7 North Western 16,295 13,898 10,718 -5,577 -34.2 -3,180 -22.9 SHA's1 214 510 578 364 170.1 68 13.3 England 176,338 159,023 142,340 -33,998 -19.3 -16,683 -10.5
Cases on in-patient waiting list for admission to NHS hospitals for ear, nose and throat surgery at 30 September Change between Regional health authorities 1979 Number of cases
1983 Number of cases
1986 Number of cases
1979–86 Number
Percentage 1983–86 Number
Percentage Northern 5,960 8,036 4,068 -1,892 -31.7 -3,968 -49.4 Yorkshire 8,795 9,453 8,569 -226 -2.6 -884 -9.4 Trent 8,372 8,506 8,873 501 6.0 367 4.3 East Anglia 3,561 4,905 3,655 94 2.6 -1,250 -25.5 North West Thames1 6,435 6,006 7,811 1,376 21.4 1,805 30.1 North East Thames1 9,520 10,425 13,883 4,363 45.8 3,458 33.2 South East Thames1 5,811 5,671 8,532 2,721 46.8 2,861 50.4 South West Thames1 4,647 6,002 4,603 -44 -0.9 -1,399 -23.3 Wessex 8,486 7,231 5,451 -3,035 -35.8 -1,780 -24.6 Oxford 5,468 4,651 4,434 -1,034 -18.9 -217 -4.7 South Western 4,861 5,781 5,004 143 2.9 -777 -13.4 West Midlands 13,821 13,899 15,107 1,286 9.3 1,208 8.7 Mersey 5,727 5,268 3,354 -2,373 -41.4 -1,914 -36.3 North Western 11,919 10,332 10,364 -1,555 -13.0 32 0.3 SHA's1 1,677 956 777 -900 -53.7 -179 -18.7 England 105,060 107,122 104,485 -575 -0.5 -2,637 -2.5
Cases on in-patient waiting list for admission to NHS hospitals for General Surgery expressed as a rate per 100,000 population Change between Regional Health Authorities 1979 1983 1986 1979–86 1983–86 Number of Cases per 100,000 population Number of Cases per 100,000 population Number of Cases per 100,000 population (Mid-1985) Per cent. Per cent. Northern 343.1 319.5 292.8 -14.7 -8.4 Yorkshire 298.4 289.3 272.6 -8.6 -5.7 Trent 380.1 332.4 355.1 -6.6 6.9 East Anglian 420.6 311.2 176.9 -57.9 -43.2 North West Thames1 319.5 277.6 337.7 5.7 21.7 North East Thames1 351.1 319.8 446.6 27.2 39.7 South East Thames1 354.9 326.8 433.4 22.1 32.6 South West Thames1 317.8 278.8 228.4 -28.1 -18.1 Wessex 322.5 352.7 304.9 -5.5 -13.6 Oxford 417.8 377.3 238.9 -42.8 -36.7 South Western 415.8 335.9 327.3 -21.3 -2.6 West Midlands 458.5 418.2 579.8 26.5 38.6 Mersey 484.0 436.5 252.4 -47.9 -42.2 North Western 401.8 347.0 347.3 -13.6 0.1 England 377.6 339.5 302.1 -20.0 -11.0 500W501W
Cases on in-patient waiting list for admission to NHS hospitals for Ear, Nose and Throat expressed as a rate per 100,000 population Change between Regional Health Authorities 1979 1983 1986 1979–86 1983–86 Number of Cases per 100,000 population Number of Cases per 100,000 population Number of Cases per 100,000 population Per cent. Per cent. Northern 190.4 259.2 131.8 -30.8 -49.1 Yorkshire 243.9 262.7 238.1 -2.4 -9.4 Trent 182.8 184.8 191.9 5.0 3.8 East Anglian 191.0 254.8 186.0 -2.6 -27.0 North West Thames1 186.2 173.8 224.3 20.5 29.1 North East Thames1 253.1 279.1 370.1 46.2 32.6 South East Thames1 162.3 158.2 236.9 45.9 49.8 South West Thames1 158.0 203.6 155.4 -1.6 -23.7
Change between Regional Health Authorities 1979 1983 1986 1979–86 1983–86 Number of Cases per 100,000 population Number of Cases per 100,000 population Number of Cases per 100,000 population Per cent. Per cent. Wessex 310.9 258.1 191.0 -38.6 -26.0 Oxford 238.2 195.8 181.9 -23.6 -7.1 South Western 159.4 186.4 158.8 -0.4 -14.8 West Midlands 266.9 268.5 291.5 9.2 8.6 Mersey 231.8 216.4 138.4 -40.3 -36.1 North Western 293.9 258.0 259.6 -11.7 0.6 England 221.4 226.6 220.1 -0.6 -2.9 1 Because of National Health Service restructuring in 1982 figures are not strictly comparable over the whole period.