§ Mr. MossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were on waiting lists in each month in the past five years in the Northern Ireland Health Service for each recorded speciality. [70098]
§ Mr. McFallThe number of people on waiting lists in the last five years in the Northern Ireland Health Service for each recorded speciality are not available monthly. Data are available on a quarterly basis from June 1994 and are set out in the table.
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Table 1: Number on inpatient waiting list by specialty, June 1994 to September 1996 Quarter ending Specialty June 1994 September 1994 December 1994 March 1995 June 1995 September 1995 December 1995 March 1996 June 1996 September 1996 Rheumatology 39 114 135 159 189 259 257 293 300 296 Paediatrics 0 0 6 31 39 41 28 22 25 13 Paediatric Neurology 0 0 0 6 4 3 2 5 2 5 Geriatric med 31 46 39 36 16 24 19 26 29 32 Dental medicine specialties 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gynaecology 3,299 3,283 3,514 3,315 3,369 3,511 3,616 3,511 3,513 3,598 Clinical oncology 70 67 75 62 60 59 67 65 58 69 Haematology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Histopathology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other 31 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All specialties 35,779 34,804 34,945 35,015 35,752 36,524 36,803 36,377 38,574 41,290
Number on inpatient waiting list by specialty, December 1996 to December 1998 Quarter ending Specialty December 1996 March 1997 June 1997 September 1997 December 1997 March 1998 June 1998 September 1998 December 1998 General surgery 11,685 12,549 12,624 13,445 13,933 12,568 12,465 11,970 11,612 Urology 3,338 3,566 3,489 3,662 3,546 3,389 3,744 3,521 3,509 T & O 4,754 4,952 5,232 5,237 5,333 5,336 4,939 5,278 5,500 ENT 5,148 6,154 6,289 6,027 6,138 6,174 6,389 6,153 5,819 Opthalmology 4,368 4,307 4,502 4,344 4,580 4,517 4,781 4,745 4,623 Oral Surgery 884 801 499 532 468 502 542 662 594 Paediatric dentistry 91 96 108 101 105 134 126 102 133 Neurosurgery 360 406 404 405 403 419 425 422 413 Plastic surgery 2,514 2,587 2,887 2,939 2,966 2,773 2,587 2,378 2,307 Cardiac surgery 528 550 573 533 529 512 463 437 473 Paediatric surgery 1,390 1,430 1,554 1,558 1,625 1,421 1,182 1,042 794 Thoracic surgery 192 228 205 207 197 186 201 186 195 Accident and emergency 3 7 7 11 2 0 0 5 11 Anaesthetics 558 557 552 627 644 729 814 837 868 General medicine 748 838 871 734 940 1,135 1,154 1,058 1,255 Gastroenterology 458 446 455 476 494 472 528 619 568 Endocrinology 24 23 14 20 31 29 26 21 27 Haematology (Clin.) 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 23 Cardiology 877 947 892 949 1,012 973 1,026 997 979 Dermatology 276 277 214 294 298 247 262 333 413 Thoracic Med 21 16 25 3 10 5 4 1 1 Nephrology 1 3 68 62 84 75 114 120 117 Neurology 146 203 223 210 235 244 283 229 156 Rheumatology 267 319 320 358 302 406 338 311 395 Paediatrics 15 15 21 18 11 16 11 11 15 Paediatric Neurology 2 3 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 Geriatric med 13 15 39 15 20 18 19 15 15 Dental medicine specialties 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 0 0 Gynaecology 3,901 4,415 4,414 4,650 4,758 4,619 4,779 4,912 4,853 Clinical oncology 50 58 57 39 66 97 69 59 57 Haematology 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 4 2 Histopathology 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All specialties 42,614 45,769 46,543 47,461 48,740 47,005 47,283 46,428 45,727 Source
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