§ Dr. IddonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if the National Institute for Clinical Excellence is investigating the inappropriate prescribing on a long-term basis of steroidal drugs. [108609]
§ Mr. DenhamThis topic is not included in the current work programme for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
Birmingham Heath Authority area West midlands England Patients waiting for cardiothoracic surgery at September 1999. 468 1,948 14,889 Total finished consultant episodes where an operation was recorded and main specialty was cardiothoracic surgery in 1997–98. 3,730 6,497 52,358 Average waiting time of patients admitted for cardiothoracic surgery in the quarter July to September 1999 (days) 81.5 89.6 118.1 There has been major investment to provide additional cardiac surgery capacity in Birmingham and the West Midlands.