HC Deb 07 December 1998 vol 322 cc75-8W
Mr. Cotter

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients(a) are waiting for cardiac surgery, (b) have been waiting more than six months for cardiac surgery and (c) have been waiting more than 12 months for cardiac surgery in each health authority. [61946]

Mr. Milburn

Information on the number of residents of each English Health Authority waiting for hospital admission by speciality, including cardiothoracic surgery and cardiology, is published quarterly in Hospital Waiting List Statistics: England (Resident Based). Copies are available in the Library. The latest available data for cardiothoracic surgery are shown in the table.

Numbers waiting for cardiothoracic surgery at end-September 1998
Health Authoity Total Less than 6 months Less than 12 months
Wigan and Bolton Health Authority 287 134 49
West Pennine Health Authority 202 110 36
Numbers waiting for cardiothoracic surgery at end-September 1998
Health Authority Total Less than 6 months Less than 12 months
Southampton and South West Hampshire Health Authority 195 86 28
Manchester Health Authority 193 89 24
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health Authority 212 115 23
North West Lancashire Health Authority 173 51 21
South and West Devon Health Authority 307 112 20
Bury and Rochdale Health Authority 152 79 20
South Cheshire Health Authority 143 57 15
Shropshire Health Authority 153 81 14
Brent and Harrow Health Authority 169 54 14
Wolverhampton Health Authority 92 52 12
Suffolk Health Authority 256 115 11
East London and City Health Authority 89 84 11
Redbridge and Waltham Forest Health Authority 187 81 11
Morecambe Bay Health Authority 106 45 11
Liverpool Health Authority 160 43 11
North Staffordshire Health Authority 176 69 10
West Surrey Health Authority 186 65 10
Wiltshire Health Authority 128 57 10
Stockport Health Authority 93 50 10
West Kent Health Authority 294 123 9
North Essex Health Authority 239 114 9
Bedfordshire Health Authority 102 31 9
South Lancashire Health Authority 119 29 9
Sheffield Health Authority 207 77 8
Salford and Trafford Health Authority 119 64 8
East Lancashire Health Authority 134 36 8
North Cheshire Health Authority 102 35 8
West Hertfordshire Health Authority 114 33 8
St. Helens and Knowsley Health Authority 100 29 8
Bradford Health Authority 171 71 7
South Staffordshire Health Authority 149 70 7
Berkshire Health Authority 188 50 7
Barking and Havering Health Authority 133 46 7
East and North Hertfordshire Health Authority 130 45 7
Hillingdon Health Authority 71 26 7
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Authority 184 72 6
Doncaster Health Authority 157 62 6
Gloucestershire Health Authority 138 57 6
Enfield and Haringey Health Authority 149 51 6
Barnet Health Authority 70 25 6
Wakefield Health Authority 93 29 5
Wirral Health Authority 69 21 5
Bexley and Greenwich Health Authority 130 75 4
Calderdale and Kirklees Health Authority 210 73 4
South Essex Health Authority 165 68 4
Numbers waiting for cardiothoracic surgery at end-September 1998
Health Authority Total Less than 6 months Less than 12 months
North Derbyshire Health Authority 108 41 4
Sefton Health Authority 77 27 4
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow Health Authority 87 25 4
Leeds Health Authority 232 81 3
East Kent Health Authority 174 66 3
Rotherham Health Authority 107 38 3
North and Mid Hampshire Health Authority 102 30 3
Croydon Health Authority 109 29 3
Camden and Islington Health Authority 80 25 3
North Nottinghamshire Health Authority 109 18 3
Isle of Wight Health Authority 83 7 3
Worcestershire Health Authority 164 87 2
South Humber Health Authority 134 65 2
East Riding Health Authority 184 62 2
Lincolnshire Health Authority 192 54 2
Sandwell Health Authority 85 42 2
Barnsley Health Authority 88 41 2
Nottingham Health Authority 193 40 2
Northamptonshire Health Authority 108 39 2
Warwickshire Health Authority 110 34 2
Oxfordshire Health Authority 90 33 2
West Sussex Health Authority 150 32 2
Bromley Health Authority 50 15 2
Birmingham Health Authority 329 157 1
North Yorkshire Health Authority 227 80 1
East Norfolk Health Authority 225 78 1
Dudley Health Authority 127 75 1
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority 130 45 1
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority 145 41 1
North West Anglia Health Authority 145 41 1
Buckinghamshire Health Authority 86 31 1
East Surrey Health Authority 88 29 1
South Derbyshire Health Authority 146 25 1
East Sussex Brighton and Hove Health Authority 131 18 1
Kingston and Richmond Health Authority 43 8 1
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority 35 5 1
Tees Health Authority 265 94 0
Durham Health Authority 182 60 0
Gateshead and South Tyneside Health Authority 132 44 0
Newcastle and North Tyneside Health Authority 150 43 0
Leicestershire Health Authority 195 42 0
Solihull Health Authority 76 38 0
Sunderland Health Authority 77 34 0
North Cumbria Health Authority 79 32 0
Walsall Health Authority 80 31 0
Somerset Health Authority 129 27 0
Cambridge and Huntingdon Health Authority 105 26 0
Avon Health Authority 150 24 0
Numbers waiting for cardioythoracic surgery at en-September 1998
Health Authoirity Total Less than 6 months Less than 12 months
Northumberland Health Authority 86 22 0
Herefordshire Health Authority 44 21 0
Coventry Health Authority 55 11 0
Dorset Health Authority 123 0 0
North and East Devon Health Authority 12 0 0
England Total 14,109 5,154 622