§ Ms JowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the health authorities that have not met the patients charter standards relating to admission for elective surgery within 18 months of referral to a consultant surgeon for each year since 1994. [5381]
§ Mr. HoramThe patients charter guarantees that all patients will be treated within 18 months of a decision to admit to hospital, not within 18 months of being referred to a consultant. Information in the form requested is not available.