HC Deb 07 December 1993 vol 234 c195W
Mr. Clapham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have now been waiting for more than a year for their operation.

Dr. Mawhinney

Information on waiting times for in-patient and day case treatment is given in "Hospital Waiting List Statistics: England", which is published twice yearly. The latest published figures are for March 1993. In addition provisional figures for the quarter ending 30 September 1993 were published on 1 November, in press release H93/1036. Copies of both documents are available in the Library.

Mr. Clapham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many routine operations have now been suspended until the next financial year.

Mr. Sackville

This information is not available centrally.