§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many in-patient, day care episodes involved a wait of longer than one year in each NHS hospital trust and health board in 1996; and what proportion of the total number of discharges these episodes represent. [11951]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is set out in the table. From April this year, the Government guarantee that no patient will wait longer than 12 months for in-patient and day case treatment.
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Discharges after admission from the waiting list and numbers and percentage who waited over one year in the year ending 31 December 1996 Health Board/NHS Trust Discharges Total Number Waiting>1 Year Total Per cent. Argyll and Bute NHS Trust 1,423 3 0.2 Inverclyde Royal NHS Trust 8,480 100 1.2 Lomond Healthcare NHS Trust 4,491 — — Renfrewshire Healthcare NHS Trust 267 — — Royal Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 15,077 133 0.9 Argyll and Clyde Health Board Total 29,738 236 0.8 Ayrshire and Arran Community Healthcare NHS Trust 7 — — North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust 15,728 5 0.0 South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust 1,422 15 1.1 Ayrshire and Arran Health Board Total 17,157 20 0.1 Borders General Hospital NHS Trust 9,261 11 0.1 Borders Health Board Total 9,261 11 0.1 Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust 8,721 50 0.6 Dumfries and Galloway Community Health NHS Trust 17 — — Dumfries and Galloway Health Board Total 8,738 50 0.6 Fife Healthcare NHS Trust 4,431 5 0.1 Kirkcaldy Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 11,921 56 0.5 Queen Margaret Hospital NHS Trust 7,117 42 0.6 Fife Health Board Total 23,469 103 0.4 Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 8,052 104 1.3 Stirling Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 11,093 46 0.4 Forth Valley Health Board Total 19,145 150 0.8 Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 33,366 378 1.1 Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust 4,009 1 0.0 Moray Health Services NHS Trust 3,418 21 0.6 Grampian Health Board Total 40,793 400 1.0
Discharges after admission from the waiting list and numbers and percentage who waited over one year in the year ending 31 December 1996 Health Board/NHS Trust Discharges Total Number Waiting>1 Year Total Per cent. Glasgow Dental Hospital and School NHS Trust 661 1 0.2 Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust 30,023 580 1.0 Southern General Hospital NHS Trust 15,042 173 1.2 Stobhill NHS Trust 14,551 193 1.3 The Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust 11,960 493 4.1 The Yorkhill NHS Trust 7,636 19 0.3 West Glasgow Hospitals University NHS Trust 27,662 217 0.8 Greater Glasgow Health Board Total 107,535 1,676 1.6 Caithness and Sutherland NHS Trust 1,819 — — Highland Communities NHS Trust 1,342 1 0.1 Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust 14,107 237 1.7 Highland Health Board Total 17,268 238 1.4 Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trust 14,722 91 0.6 Lanarkshire Healthcare NHS Trust 101 — — Law Hospital NHS Trust 10,577 49 0.5 Monklands and Bellshill Hospitals NHS Trust 9,640 55 0.6 Lanarkshire Health Board Total 35,040 195 0.6 East and Midlothian NHS Trust 5,365 10 0.2 Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust 58 — — Edinburgh Sick Children's NHS Trust 4,715 2 0.0 Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust 32,569 120 0.4 West Lothian NHS Trust 13,741 40 0.3 Western General Hospitals NHS Trust 15,880 9 0.1 Lothian Health Board Total 72,328 181 0.3 Orkney Health Board Total 691 5 0.7 Shetland Health Board Total 1,037 2 0.2 Angus NHS Trust 4,306 5 0.1 Dundee Healthcare NHS Trust 242 — — Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 26,123 331 1.3 Perth and Kinross Healthcare NHS Trust 8,483 33 0.4 Tayside Health Board Total 39,154 369 0.9 Western Isles Health Board Total 1,017 — — Scotland—Total 422,371 3,636 0.9