§ Sir Alastair GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the numbers of patients on waiting lists in each NHS trust and health authority in the north-west region(a) currently, (b) one year ago and (c) two years ago. [78786]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information requested is shown in the tables.
Numbers of patients on waiting lists in the north west region—health authority March 1997 March 1998 February 1999 Bury and Rochdale 9,894 10,943 9,824 East Lancashire 13,173 15,339 13,374 Liverpool 12,711 12,883 11,680 Manchester 12,172 12,851 11,162 Morecambe Bay 7,436 7,550 7,007 North West Lancashire 13,001 14,170 12,948 North Cheshire 8,923 10,484 9,652 Salford and Trafford 13,455 14,352 13,200 Sefton 9,239 8,915 8,086 South Cheshire 16,628 18,048 15,273 South Lancashire 10,092 10,414 9,354 St. Helen and Knowsley 9,920 9,966 8,935 Stockport 6,541 8,262 7,774 West Pennine 14,223 15,016 13,684 Wigan and Bolton 16,122 16,379 14,917 Wirral 6,354 6,661 5,722 Regional Total 179,884 192,233 172,592 824W
Numbers of patients on waiting lists in the north west region—NHS Trusts March 1997 March 1998 February 1999 Aintree Hospital 10,251 9,105 8,364 Bay Community 6 6 0 Blackburn, Hyndbum and Ribble 5,840 6,569 5,450 Blackpool Victoria Hospital 8,392 9,866 8,838 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Corn 36 20 22 Bolton Hospitals 5,938 5,794 5,210
Numbers of patients on waiting lists in the north west region— NHS Trusts March 1997 March 1998 February 1999 Burnley Healthcare 4,903 6,157 5,257 Cardiothoracic Centre 1,426 1,417 1,400 Central Manchester Healthcare 12,319 12,531 11,564 Chorley and South Ribble 1,857 2,121 2,185 Christie Hospital 964 965 1,073 Clatterbridge Centre 67 89 80 Countess of Chester 7,618 7,436 6,488 East Cheshire 2,022 2,824 2,261 Halton General 1,922 2,280 1,801 Liverpool Women's 1,114 1,109 919 Manchester Children's 2,801 3,260 2,881 Mental Health Services Salford 54 114 70 Mid-Cheshire Hospital 5,873 6,933 5,863 Morcambe Bay Hospitals 7,482 7,148 6,706 North Manchester 5,787 6,002 4,727 North Mersey Community 239 158 92 Oldham 8,436 8,332 7,467 Preston Acute 8,970 8,500 7,658 Rochdale Healthcare 4,464 4,684 4,183 Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen 8,934 9,170 8,642 Royal Liverpool Children's 1,695 2,275 2,140 Salford Royal Hospitals 5,241 6,368 6,074 South Manchester University 6,764 7,292 6,877 Southport and Formby Community 1 0 0 Southport and Formby Acute 4,197 4,122 3,664 St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals 8,596 8,217 7,216 Stockport Acute Services 6,323 8,120 7,739 Stockport Healthcare 1 0 0 Tameside and Glossop Acute 3,216 3,704 3,334 Trafford Healthcare 4,109 3,754 3,193 Walton Centre 669 669 586 Warrington Hospital 6,446 8,127 7,775 West Lancashire 2,411 2,735 2,481 Wigan and Leigh Health Services 7,694 8,234 7,343 Wirral and West Cheshire Comm 88 36 8 Wirral Hospital 5,504 5,678 4,943 Wrightington Hospitals 2,643 2,604 2,683 Regional Total 185,536 196,962 177,445