§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the current information available about surgical waiting lists in(a) Rochdale district health authority and (b) each of the regional health authorities in England.
§ Mr. SackvilleProvisional waiting list figures for each regional health authority at 31 December 1992 were published on 9 February 1993 in press release H93/547. Information on Rochdale health authority can be found in "Hospital Waiting List Statistics: England at 30 September 1992", copies of which are available in the Library.
§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on achieving the commitments on waiting lists as laid out in the patients charter.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe national health service has been extremely successful in meeting the waiting time commitments in the patient's charter. The latest provisional figures show that there are no patients waiting two years or more for in-patient or day case treatment in any region. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced on 4 May, at 31 March 1993 there were no patients waiting more than 18 months for a hip
Actuals Projected 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 £ million £ million £ million £ million Apple and Pear Research Council 0.001 — — 0.002 Horticultural Development Council 0.011 0.020 0.015 0.012 Home-Grown Cereals Authority 0.026 0.051 0.072 n/a Horticulture Research International 0.510 4.370 8.090 12.270 Meat and Livestock Commission 1.380 1.264 1.264 1.645 National Institute of Agricultural Botany 0.011 0.019 0.023 0.026 Potato Marketing Board 0.316 1.104 1.767 n/a Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 1.600 1.900 2.100 0.900 Cash prices 3.855 8.728 13.331 14.855 1992–93 prices 4.260 9.033 13.331 Note: n/a = not available.