HC Deb 08 July 1999 vol 334 cc616-8W
Mr. Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were waiting to receive hospital treatment in Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust hospitals at(a) March 1996, (b) March 1997, (c) March 1998 and (d) March 1999. [89728]

Mr. Denham

The information available is given in the table.

Number of patients waiting for elective admission in Mid Essex Hospital Services National Health Service Trust hospitals
Year Total waiting
31 March 1996 5,835
31 March 1997 8,391
31 March 1998 11,360
31 March 1999 9,967

Note:

The figures are hospital-based and include private patients as well as those funded by the NHS.

Source:

Form KH07—completed by the trust quarterly.

Mr. Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients on the hospital waiting lists of the Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust had waited for treatment in March of(a) 1996, (b) 1997, (c) 1998 and (d) 1999, in excess of (i) three months, (ii) six months, (iii) nine months and (iv) 12 months. [89729]

Mr. Denham

The information available is given in the table.

Number of people waiting for elective admission at Mid Essex Hospital Services National Health Service Trust by time on waiting list
In excess of:
Year 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months
31 March 1996 2,804 1,357 475 0
31 March 1997 4,035 1,904 732 104
31 March 1998 6,813 4,033 2,108 849
31 March 1999 6,043 3,693 2,191 1,093

Note:

The figures are hospital-based and include private patients as well as those funded by the NHS

Mr. Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients referred to a consultant within the area of Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust as at March in the years (i) 1996, (ii) 1997, (iii) 1998 and (iv) 1999 had been waiting for their first appointment with a consultant in excess of(a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months and (d) 12 months. [89730]

Mr. Denham

The information requested is not available centrally. Information on the number of people waiting for a first outpatient appointment following written referral by a general practitioner who had been waiting over 13 weeks and over 26 weeks at 31 March of each year, is given in the table.

Information on time waited for all types of referral is not available centrally.

Information is not collected in separate timebands for patients waiting over 9 months or over 12 months-they are included in the 26 weeks and over category.

The number of patients waiting at Mid Essex Hospital Services National Health Service Trust to see a consultant for first outpatient appointment following written referral from a GP
Number waiting, by time waited
Year 13 weeks and over 26 weeks and over
31 March 1996 971 141
31 March 1997 555 74
31 March 1998 1,317 234
31 March 1998 2,422 575

Note:

These figures are provider-based and include private patients as well as those funded by the NHS.

Mr. Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients received elective surgery from Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust in the years commencing(a) April 1995, (b) April 1996, (c) April 1997 and April 1998. [89731]

Mr. Denham

The information requested is not available centrally. The nearest proxy "count" is for the number of admissions which will count an individual each time they are admitted to hospital. The information below is extracted from Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) system. HES contains details of patients admitted to, and treated in NHS hospitals in England.

Elective admissions followed by surgery in Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust in the following years:

Year commencing Number of elective admissions followed by surgery
April 1995 20,023
April 1996 22,453
April 1997 21,161