HC Deb 13 January 1995 vol 252 cc269-70W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in each region waited more than two years for treatment after the consultant had put them on the waiting list in each year since April 1991.

Mr. Malone

The number of patients who have been waiting for more than two years for admission for in-patient or day-case treatment are shown in the table.

Region As at 31 March 1992 As at 31 March 1993 As at 31 March 1994
Northern 1 0 0
Yorkshire 15 0 0
Trent 4 0 0
East Anglia 35 0 1
North West Thames 9 0 0
North East Thames 785 0 0
Region As at 31 March 1992 As at 31 March 1993 As at 31 March 1994
South East Thames 104 0 0
South West Thames 0 0 0
Wessex 0 0 0
Oxford 0 0 0
South Western 10 0 0
West Midlands 158 0 0
Mersey 0 0 0
North Western 3 0 0

Patients waiting at the special health authorities are not included in the above.

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