§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of patients waiting for more than 12 months for treatment in each year during the past 20 years. [69163]
§ Mr. DenhamThe number of patients who had been waiting more than 12 months for hospital admission at the end of march and the end of September in each of the last 20 years (1978–98) is set out in the table.
Ordinary Day case Admissions Total September 1978 158,308 — n/a March 1979 185,195 — n/a September 1979 197,532 — n/a March 1980 196,983 — n/a September 1980 187,993 — n/a March 1981 180,774 — n/a September 1981 180,905 — n/a March 1982 175,554 — n/a September 1982 192,902 — n/a March 1983 198,546 — n/a September 1983 205,920 — n/a March 1984 194,614 — n/a September 1984 189,546 — n/a March 1985 171,197 — n/a September 1985 160,227 — n/a March 1986 161,326 — n/a September 1986 164,682 — n/a March 1987 162,273 — n/a September 1987 184,580 24,860 209,440 March 1988 182,161 25,764 207,925 September 1988 192,591 27,338 219,929 March 1989 193,952 29,359 223,311 September 1989 187,528 30,588 218,116 March 1990 175,777 32,083 207,860 September 1990 172,025 30,715 202,740 March 1991 145,109 24,652 169,761 September 1991 134,661 23,860 158,521 March 1992 69,000 11,585 80,585 September 1992 66,821 13,760 80,581 March 1993 45,195 11,682 56,877 September 1993 54,317 16,705 71,022 March 1994 46,404 18,104 64,508 September 1994 44,858 17,483 62,341 March 1995 21,750 10,444 32,194 September 1995 19,815 8,123 27,938 March 1996 3,686 890 4,576 September 1996 10,733 4,260 14,993 March 1997 20,732 10,476 31,208 September 1997 35,583 22,083 57,666 March 1998 40,170 27,853 68,023 September 1998 37,760 25,720 63,480 Note:
Before September 1987 figures relate to ordinary (overnight) admissions; the numbers of people waiting for day cases were not collected before this date.
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