§ Mr. SymsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health for each of the last 10 years, how many patients have waited(a) three to 25 weeks and (b) more than 26 weeks to see a consultant in each (i) health authority and (ii) English region. [74732]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information requested is not available.
Information on outpatient waiting times by health authority is only available from 1998–99. Available information for the quarter ending December 1998 is provided in the table.
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Number of patients seen for first outpatient appointment, by time band, following written referral by a GP, quarter ended 31 December 1998 Number seen who had waited: Health Authority 0 to less than 4 weeks 4 to less than 26 weeks 26 weeks and over Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 4,966 6,506 171 North Essex 10,577 19,812 1,298 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 5,670 9,529 1,566 South Essex 8,059 17,962 808 West Hertfordshire 5,631 10,046 452 North Thames Region total 86,616 154,381 11,102 Bexley and Greenwich 6,697 9,547 1,040 Bromley 2,761 6,963 577 Croydon 4,904 5,822 215 East Kent 6,975 12,589 712 East Surrey 5,625 6,422 107 East Sussex Brighton and Hove 8,523 19,374 1,015 Kingston and Richmond 4,719 5,264 135 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 7,833 16,693 1,360 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 9,362 14,286 813 West Kent 11,817 19,323 1,725 West Surrey 9,456 13,772 559 West Sussex 5,960 12,807 1,248 South Thames Region total 84,632 142,862 9,506 Avon 13,889 18,176 3,115 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 8,040 11,091 1,578 Dorset 12,574 17,753 315 Gloucestershire 7,682 12,048 765 Isle of Wight 2,290 3,043 8 North and East Devon 6,809 10,459 906 North and Mid Hampshire 8,591 12,939 781 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 5,102 12,515 3,239 Somerset 7,279 10,734 747 South and West Devon 8,879 12,609 1,395 Southampton and South West Hampshire 5,701 11,435 747 Wiltshire 9,372 14,094 1,257 South and West Region total 96,208 146,896 14,853 Birmingham 15,532 22,710 557 Coventry 2,976 7,446 518 Dudley 4,116 6,953 119 Herefordshire 6,124 4,152 489 North Staffordshire 3,853 8,255 2,258 Sandwell 4,582 6,813 560 Shropshire 5,239 10,345 847 Solihull 2,295 3,993 56 South Staffordshire 7,566 13,020 2,131 Walsall 3,639 5,632 594 Warwickshire 3,438 6,228 478 Wolverhampton 952 1,852 120 Worcestershire 8,415 10,932 134 West Midlands Region total 68,727 108,331 8,861 Bury and Rochdale 5,771 8,749 571 East Lancashire 6,848 13,448 799 Liverpool 5,627 11,127 1,299 Manchester 6,503 10,065 1,303 Morecambe Bay 5,515 7,051 912 North Cheshire 8,214 5,610 181 North West Lancashire 7,221 11,344 562 Salford and Trafford 7,507 11,155 1,200 Sefton 2,499 6,793 593 South Cheshire 9,295 14,462 698 South Lancashire 4,001 7,897 817 St. Helens and Knowsley 5,290 8,086 866 Stockport 5,578 6,818 493 West Pennine 6,164 10,401 1,063 Wigan and Bolton 8,266 14,360 924 Wirral 3,687 6,766 1,017 North West Region total 97,986 154,132 13,298 England total 673,460 1,077,549 89,696