§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his reply of 13 January 2000,Official Report, columns 233–34W, on the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust, how many people in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area were waiting 12 months or more for treatment on the latest date for which information is available; and what has been the total number of patients waiting for hospital treatment in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area for the last two months for which figures are available. [106033]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information requested is given in the table.
Total number of patients waiting and the number of patients waiting over 12 months for hospital treatment in the Mid-Essex Hospital Services National Health Service Trust in October and November 1999 Month Total waiting Number waiting over 12 months October 9,372 1,024 November 9,483 1,042 Source:
Monthly Waiting List Returns
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 13 January 2000,Official Report, column 234W, how many people in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area were, on 30 November 1999, waiting over 18 months for treatment, and for how long over 18 months each such patient was waiting; for what reasons such patients were waiting for more than 18 months; and if all these patients have now been treated. [106034]
§ Mr. DenhamWe are committed to ensuring that no patient has to wait more than 18 months for treatment. However, the last published figures for waiting times, for November 1999, show that at the end of November 1999, 14 patients waited over 18 months for treatment at Mid-Essex Hospital Services National Health Services Trust.
Information about individual patients waiting over 18 months is not collected centrally.