§ Mr. Terry DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people had been waiting for more than a year for an operation in east Birmingham district on(a) 31 December 1989 and (b) 31 March 1991.
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley[holding answer 11 June 1991]: There were 458 people waiting over a year for in-patient operations in east Birmingham district at 31 December 1989 and 456 at 30 September 1990, the latest date for which fully validated waiting list information is held centrally.
Since March 1979 the number waiting over a year for an operation in east Birmingham has fallen by 78 per cent. whilst numbers treated have increased in the order of 32 per cent.
This information is on a "provider" basis and does not relate to the districts' resident population.
§ Mr. Terry DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will identify and list the 20 waiting lists for operations in the west midlands region with more than 25 per cent. of cases waiting for a year or more.
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley[holding answer 11 June 1991]: The information as at 30 September 1990 is given in the table. In west midlands region as whole 23 per cent. of the total number waiting were waiting over one year. In the 12 months to September 1990 the number waiting over a year for in-patient treatment has fallen by 12 per cent. and by 37 per cent. since March 1979. At the same time more patients are being treated. Two and a half per cent. more in-patients were treated in the region in 1989–90 than in 1988–89 and in the order of 29 per cent. more than in 1979.
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Districts within West Midlands RHA where the percentage of patients waiting for an operation in specific specialties for more than 12 months is greater than 25 per cent. of the total number of patients waiting. Position as at 30 September 1990. District and Specialty Patients waiting over Number 12 months Percentage of total waiting Bromsgrove and Redditch Trauma and Orthopaedics 451 39 Oral Surgery 108 41 Obs and Gyn (Gynaecology) 346 48 Herefordshire General Surgery 361 47 Trauma and Orthopaedics 471 45 ENT 213 45 Plastic Surgery 77 76 Kidderminster and District General Surgery 95 28 Obs and Gyn (Gynaecology) 67 29 Worcester and District General Surgery 330 41 Trauma and Orthopaedics 180 29 Shropshire Ophthalmology 418 37 Oral Surgery 211 60 Mid-Staffordshire Trauma and Orthopaedics 308 39
District and Specialty Patients waiting over Number 12 months Percentage of total waiting North Staffordshire Neurosurgery 69 43 Plastic Surgery 215 60 South East Staffordshire Urology 95 37 ENT 284 35 Rugby General Surgery 134 38 Oral Surgery 93 52 North Warwickshire Urology 100 41 Plastic Surgery 515 55 South Warwickshire General Surgery 508 41 Oral Surgery 191 67 Central Birmingham Urology 133 33 Trauma and Orthopaedics 147 29 ENT 493 51 Neurosurgery 100 53 Paediatric Surgery 75 35 North Birmingham 262 37 South Birmingham Urology 110 48 Trauma and Orthopaedics 402 27 Oral Surgery 208 64 Plastic Surgery 105 31 Coventry Oral Surgery 216 62 316W
Cash prices Adjusted by the GDP deflator 1990–91 prices Adjusted for change in input unit costs 1990–91 prices A B A B A B Net HCHS capital 1973–74 236 1,280 1,398 1974–75 243 1,101 1,157 1975–76 327 1,181 1,192 1976–77 356 1,132 1,159 1977–78 315 881 897 1978–79 358 903 913 1979–80 395 854 834 1980–81 540 987 906 1981–82 651 1,085 1,058 1982–83 682 1,061 1,091 1983–84 692 1,029 1,086 1984–85 767 1,085 1,155 1985–86 899 803 1,207 1,078 1,278 1,142 1986–87 915 1,187 1,239 1987–88 914 1,126 1,177 1988–89 922 1,057 1,123 1989–90 1,206 1,299 1,345 1990–91 1,458 1,458 1,458 Gross HCHS capital 1973–74 236 1,280 1,398 1974–75 243 1,101 1,157 1975–76 327 1,181 1,192 1976–77 356 1,132 1,159 1977–78 315 881 897 1978–79 18 366 923 933 1979–80 110 405 876 855 1980–81 116 556 1,016 933 1981–82 120 671 1,118 1,091 1982–83 119 701 1,091 1,122 1983–84 133 725 1,078 1,137
District and Specialty Patients waiting over Number 12 months Percentage of total waiting Cardiothoracic Surgery 97 26 Dudley Urology 116 34 Ophthalmology 147 29 Plastic Surgery 949 61 Sandwell Urology 105 39 Neurosurgery 60 27 Wolverhampton General Surgery 274 27 Trauma and Orthopaedics 300 39 Oral Surgery 46 37 Source: KHOT SM12 Demand for elective admission.