§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were (i) the average waiting times and (ii) the year end waiting list for(a) in-patient and (b) out-patient treatment in ophthalmology for each health authority and for Wales in each year since 1985.
Median waiting time (days) for in-patients admitted from the waiting list during the calendar year1 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 21991–92 Clwyd 80 63 49 46 56 55 114 East Dyfed 34 38 43 85 83 158 4— Gwent 196 124 97 117 155 203 4— Gwynedd 65 58 47 66 82 97 86 Mid Glamorgan 39 76 34 47 53 56 48 Pembrokeshire (26) (33) (29) (36) (33) (36) 126 Powys' — — — — — — — South Glamorgan 77 86 92 111 112 106 129 West Glamorgan 167 170 121 192 213 135 4— Wales 71 75 51 72 77 89 94 1 For patients admitted from the waiting list during the calendar year. A median waiting time is such that approximately half the patients waited less than this time to be admitted and half waited longer; median waiting times based on fewer than 50 cases are given in parentheses. 2 A new information system for collation of hospital activity data was introduced from 1 April 1991. Figures for 1991–92 financial year are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years. Only districts for which reliable information has been received from hospitals have been included for 1991–92. 3 There are no in-patient ophthalmology services provided by hospitals in Powys. 4 Denotes not available.
Notional time (days) to clear out-patient waiting list at 31 March 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Clwyd 30 61 54 76 71 52 81 80 43 East Dyfed 54 40 24 56 28 35 54 69 52 Gwent 46 58 19 37 42 27 20 47 54 Gwynedd 41 73 44 64 109 57 50 65 102 Mid Glamorgan 163 122 101 74 119 77 67 93 98 Pembrokeshire 18 15 19 20 24 22 32 78 92 Powys 31 49 45 45 105 117 146 50 120 South Glamorgan 31 18 33 38 68 68 84 129 167 West Glamorgan 215 164 103 125 92 37 82 203 208 Wales 74 70 50 62 73 51 62 94 100 160W
Provider Based Waiting Lists as at 31 March 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 In-patients: Clwyd 744 425 260 284 356 429 626 907 1,126 East Dyfed 201 181 158 418 674 1,080 1,738 1,370 1,016 Gwent 746 659 572 767 868 1,307 1,081 1,196 1,247 Gwynedd 90 181 251 390 611 654 568 633 500 Mid Glamorgan 548 718 510 359 397 397 587 617 996 Pembrokeshire — — — — — 6 17 6 — Powys1 — — — — — — — — — South Glamorgan 372 421 399 552 633 550 769 875 641 West Glamorgan 382 512 624 738 964 1,190 1,382 902 842 Wales 3,083 3,097 2,774 3,508 4,503 5,613 6,768 6,506 6,368 Out-patients: Clwyd 421 790 728 1,074 1,043 753 1,114 1,255 846 East Dyfed 503 399 272 606 360 440 625 950 810 Gwent 858 1,113 386 662 864 620 451 1,081 1,309 Gwynedd 332 616 452 711 1,302 646 596 648 1,010 Mid Glamorgan 1,979 1,590 1,302 1,098 1,787 1,569 1,371 1,928 2,203 Pembrokeshire 44 39 62 75 84 96 146 394 487 Powys 47 73 76 72 186 243 297 108 239 South Glamorgan 660 383 739 925 1,523 1,564 1,896 2,440 3,440 West Glamorgan 2,533 2,142 1,392 1,766 1,377 621 1,195 2,624 3,263 Wales 7,377 7,145 5,409 6,989 8,526 6,552 7,691 11,428 13,607 1 There are no in-patient ophthalmology services provided by hospitals in Powys.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe available information is given in the following tables, which relate to hospital providers in each area. For in-patients median waiting times are available and for out-patients the notional time to clear the out-patient waiting list is given. Further information is available from the Welsh Hospital Waiting List Bulletin 1993 No. 2, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.
The notional time to clear a waiting list is calculated by dividing the total waiting list at 31 March each year by the average daily number of new out-patients seen during the previous 12 months.