§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on the waiting list initiative in total, by region, in the NHS sector and the private sector in each of the last five years; and how many patients have been treated in the NHS and private sectors under the waiting list initiative, by region and in total. [30767]
§ Mr. MaloneThe central waiting times fund operated from 1987–88 to 1993–94 during which time the number of patients waiting more than one year for treatment fell from 209,440 to 64,508, and has since fallen further to 31,635. The table shows allocations from the fund to regional health authorities. Information is not available centrally on spending of these funds between the national health service and the private sector, or on the number of patients treated in the NHS and the private sector under the waiting times initiative.
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£ thousands Allocations 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Total Northern 1,737 1,798 1,665 2,216 3,002 10,418 Yorkshire 2,538 2,017 2,178 2,659 3,562 12,954 Trent 2,489 2,923 2,779 3,307 3,988 15,486 East Anglian 1,327 1,135 2,099 1,846 1,939 8,346 North West Thames 2,428 1,690 2,768 3,549 5,230 15,665 North East Thames 3,400 3,808 4,769 3,169 4,083 19,229 South East Thames 2,653 2,738 3,909 3,562 5,220 18,082 South West Thames 1,674 2,138 2,938 2,332 3,172 12,254 Wessex 1,518 2,024 2,217 2,317 2,875 10,951 Oxford 992 1,638 1,733 2,056 2,604 9,023 South Western 1,665 1,546 2,137 2,773 3,537 11,658 West Midlands 3,250 4,472 4,440 3,424 4,780 20,366 Mersey 1,925 1,515 2,300 2,272 2,579 10,591 North Western 2,407 2,860 2,735 3,344 4,311 15,657 Total 30,003 32,302 38,667 38,826 50,882 190,680