§ Dame Jill KnightTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what were the average waiting times for in-patient and out-patient treatment for ophthalmology in each year since 1985 for each regional health authority and in England;
(2) what was the year end waiting list for (a) in-patient and (b) out-patient treatment in ophthalmology for each regional health authority and in England in each year since 1985.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information available is shown in the table. Information about waiting times for ophthalmology treatment—in-patients and day cases—is not available prior to March 1988. Figures for March 1993 are not yet finalised, but provisional figures show that no one was waiting more than two years at 31 March 1993 in any region for hospital in-patient or day case treatment. Information on the number of people waiting for out-patient appointments is not available centrally.248W
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Numbers waiting for Ophthalmology treatment—in-patients and day cases combined by Regional Health Authority for each year end since March 1988. Number waiting—by months waiting Region Total waiting 0–11 12–23 24 plus March 1988 Northern 4,480 3,884 491 105 Yorkshire 5,340 4,538 615 187 Trent 4,903 4,472 343 88 East Anglian 3,123 2,616 418 89 North West Thames 4,746 3,976 582 188 North East Thames 2,789 2,350 266 173 South East Thames 5,016 4,438 487 91 South West Thames 4,909 3,362 975 572 Wessex 5,025 4,216 609 200 Oxford 2,706 2,537 150 19 South Western 5,436 4,628 714 94 West Midlands 7,958 6,533 930 495 Mersey 3,523 3,057 396 70 North Western 8,741 6,898 1,529 314 SHAs 2,413 2,365 42 6 England 71,108 59,870 8,547 2,691 March 1989 Northern 4,881 3,997 600 284 Yorkshire 5,936 5,021 749 166 Trent 6,207 5,547 581 79 East Anglian 3,872 2,967 756 149 North West Thames 5,620 4,637 809 174 North East Thames 3,428 2,746 358 324 South East Thames 5,211 4,559 511 141 South West Thames 5,335 3,712 1,041 582 Wessex 5,084 4,626 367 91 Oxford 2,978 2,709 231 38 South Western 6,070 5,254 710 106 West Midlands 8,829 7,251 1,188 390 Mersey 4,335 3,641 621 73 North Western 9,922 8,130 1,553 239 SHAs 2,746 2,534 170 42 England 80,454 67,331 10,245 2,878 March 1990 Northern 5,037 4,340 576 121 Yorkshire 6,567 5,767 727 73 Trent 7,396 6,350 921 125 East Anglian 4,336 3,677 529 130 North West Thames 5,088 4,322 654 112 North East Thames 3,562 3,299 192 71 South East Thames 6,268 5,813 328 127 South West Thames 5,631 3,587 1,431 613 Wessex 5,454 5,111 305 38 Oxford 3,281 2,859 407 15 South Western 6,854 5,926 836 92 West Midlands 9,430 7,838 1,318 274 Mersey 4,695 4,412 283 0 North Western 11,953 8,869 2,493 591 SHAs 2,904 2,379 434 91 England 88,456 74,549 11,434 2,473 March 1991 Northern 5,412 5,045 325 42 Yorkshire 7,997 6,563 1,236 198 Trent 8,207 7,011 1,183 13 East Anglian 5,323 4,278 908 137 North West Thames 5,991 4,935 887 169 North East Thames 3,900 3,694 179 27 South East Thames 6,987 6,309 609 69 South West Thames 4,360 3,629 603 128 Wessex 5,639 5,266 336 37 Oxford 4,289 3,898 367 24 South Western 8,075 7,202 792 81 West Midlands 9,495 8,338 996 161 Mersey 4,875 4,794 81 0 North Western 11,809 9,150 2,353 306
Number waiting—by months waiting Region Total waiting 0–11 12–23 24 plus SHAs 2,851 2,467 239 145 England 95,210 82,579 11,094 1,537 March 1992 Northern 6,260 5,967 293 0 Yorkshire 8,798 7,560 1,238 0 Trent 8,393 7,456 937 0 East Anglian 5,137 4,447 690 0 North West Thames 6,563 5,534 1,029 0 North East Thames 5,245 4,883 360 2 South East Thames 7,831 7,129 702 0 South West Thames 4,787 4,559 228 0 Wessex 5,712 5,623 89 0 Oxford 3,705 3,353 352 0 South Western 8,357 8,233 124 0 West Midlands 10,107 9,354 746 7 Mersey 6,380 6,380 0 0 North Western 11,104 9,747 1,357 0 SHAs 2,139 1,918 221 0 England 100,518 92,143 8,366 9