§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people had been on hospital waiting lists in England in total, and in each specialty, on 1 April 1991 and on 1 April 1992 for(a) three months or less, (b) six months or less, (c) 12 months or less, (d) 24 months or less and (e) over 24 months.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information as at 31 March 1991 is given in the table. Figures for 31 March 1992 by specialty are not yet available centrally. For the provisional overall picture at 31 March 1992, I refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge (Mr. Shersby) on 12 May at columns489–92. These show that between 31 March 1991 and 31 March 1992 the number waiting over two years fell by 97 per cent. and the total number waiting dropped by 3.5 per cent. or 33,131.
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Waiting lists England All patients waiting Waiting under 3 months Waiting under 6 months Waiting under 12 months Waiting under 24 months Waiting over 24 months Paediatric surgery 6,202 2,872 4,313 5,616 6,109 93 Obstetrics and gynaecology 118,235 58,986 84,190 105,578 115,724 2,511 General medicine 9,832 7,454 8,428 9,111 9,515 317 Cardiology 10,954 5,418 7,750 10,003 10,715 239 Dermatology 1,557 1,100 1,313 1,418 1,514 43 Thoracic medicine 589 348 438 536 576 13 Medical oncology 199 176 180 185 193 6 Neurology 2,709 1,697 2,166 2,443 2,578 131 Rheumatology 2,426 1,484 1,921 2,231 2,352 74 Geriatric medicine 461 369 413 434 449 12 Mental illness 830 357 513 647 705 125 Radiotherapy 652 636 645 649 652 0 General practice 742 427 555 657 740 2 Other 11,187 7,468 9,196 10,261 10,905 282 Total 948,243 378,847 578,702 778,482 897,190 51,053