§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish a table showing for each region, for each of the last four quarters, the number of patients waiting for day surgery(a) under 12 months and (b) over 12 months.
Day case hospital treatment figures Provisional waiting times figures Provider-based March 1993 June 1993 September 1993 December 1993 Region 0–11 months 12+ months 0–11 months 12+ months 0–11 months 12+ months 0–11 months 12+ months Northern 23,289 369 23,289 730 24,507 951 25,623 1,157 Yorkshire 22,502 726 24,211 1,128 24,644 1,387 26,808 1,684 Trent 25,434 898 27,823 929 28,851 1,129 31,746 1,269 East Anglian 11,922 387 12,384 491 13,054 657 14,439 680 North West Thames 17,807 1,035 19,078 1,068 20,313 1,262 21,072 1,591 North East Thames 29,552 1,398 30,265 1,757 32,802 2,238 36,201 3,083 South East Thames 21,328 1,322 22,600 1,277 24,434 1,389 28,480 1,930 South West Thames 21,053 518 23,214 955 25,037 1,289 27,451 1,486 Wessex 20,889 935 19,662 1,060 20,146 1,008 19,180 768 Oxford 13,839 518 14,445 578 14,665 537 15,291 445 South Western 23,035 53 23,730 155 23,755 168 24,323 142 West Midlands 32,437 953 34,421 1,250 36,196 1,540 39,329 1,861 Mersey 21,638 24 22,752 114 22,073 56 22,411 0 North Western 29,600 1,601 31,661 1,725 32,889 1,825 35,471 1,827 ALL REGIONS 314,325 10,737 329,535 13,217 343,366 15,436 367,825 17,923