§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and which hospitals in the NHS provide angiogram facilities; and how long the waiting times are in each of them. [129191]
§ Mr. Denham92 National Health Service trusts performed at least one coronary angiogram during 1998–99. The table lists these trusts and gives their related average waiting times.
We recognise that some patients may have to wait some time for this diagnostic procedure and that there is unacceptable variation in access to this service. This is why we have made the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease one of this Government's priorities.
The National Service Framework for coronary heart disease will address these inequalities over the 10-year period of the strategy. It sets clear long-term targets for waiting times at every stage of the patient journey, including waits for angiography, and progress towards 365W these targets will be monitored by the NHS Executive through performance management and by the Commission for Health Improvement.
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Number of admissions for selected operations (ordinary admissions and day cases combined). Waiting list and booked admissions method only, by trust in NHS hospitals, England 1998–99 Days Median waiting time K63 Contrast radiology of heart RA2 Royal Surrey County Hospital 36 RA4 East Somerset NHS Trust 122 RA5 East Gloucestershire NHS Trust 5 RA7 The United Bristol Healthcare 105 RA9 South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust 75 RAE Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust 43 RAF Northern General Hospital NHS 126 RAG Doncaster Royal Infirmary 183 RAJ Southend Hospital NHS Trust 136 RAL The Royal Free Hampstead 34 RAP North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust 62 RBA Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust 102 RBK Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust 89 RBL Wirral Hospital NHS Trust 99 RBQ The Cardiothoracic Centre 37 RBS Royal Liverpool Childrens NHS Trust 49 RBU Central Manchester Healthcare 100 RC3 Ealing Hospital NHS Trust 3 RCB York Health Services NHS Trust 1— RCF Airedale NHS Trust 1— RCJ South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS 35 RCS Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust 58 RDD Basildon and Thurrock General Hospital 125 RDL Eastbourne Hospitals NHS Trust 27 RDM Hastings and Rother NHS Trust 13 RDU Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust 6 RDZ Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch 67 RE7 West Cumbria Health Care NHS Trust 180 REF Royal Cornwall Hospitals 117 REZ Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 35 RF2 Royal Hull Hospitals NHS Trust 91 RF3 East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 83 RF6 North East Lincolnshire NHS Trust 1— RFK Nottingham University Hospital 28 RFL Glenfield Hospital NHS Trust 25 RFZ Northwick Park and St. Marks NHS Trust 45 RG2 Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust 15 RGA Calderdale Healthcare NHS Trust 63 RGB Huddersfield NHS Trust 47 RGM Papworth Hospital NHS Trust 122 RGU Brighton Health Care NHS Trust 40 RGZ Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust 11 RG6 Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust 30 RH8 Royal Devon and Exeter Healthcare Trust 109 RHE Crawley Horsham NHS Trust 46 RHH East Surrey Hospital and Community Trust 1— RHM Southampton University Hospital 88 RHU Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 155 RHW Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospital 1— RJ1 Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Trust 79 RJ5 St. Mary's Hospital NHS Trust 54 RJ6 Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust 118 RJ7 St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust 76 RJE North Staffordshire Hospital 79 RJZ King's Healthcare NHS Trust 24 RK9 Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 149 RKB Walsgrave Hospitals NHS Trust 76 RKF The Princess Royal Hospital 1 RL4 The Royal Wolverhampton Hospital 1 RLG Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust 215 RLN City Hospitals Sunderland 4 RLQ Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust 83
Number of admissions for selected operations (ordinary admissions and day cases combined). Waiting list and booked admissions method only, by trust in NHS hospitals, England 1998–99 Days Median waiting time RLW City Hospital NHS Trust 60 RLZ Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals 9 RM1 Norfolk and Norwich Healthcare 40 RM2 South Manchester University Hospital 45 RMR Blackpool Victoria Hospital 106 RMW Dewsbury Health Care NHS Trust 217 RN3 Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust 85 RN5 North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust 1— RNA Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust 74 RNE Sandwell Healthcare NHS Trust 61 RNJ The Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 89 RNS Northampton General Hospital 7 RP4 The Great Ormond Street Hospital 28 RPF South Kent Hospitals NHS Trust 1— RQ3 Birmingham Children's Hospital 85 RQ6 Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen 163 RQ7 The Manchester Children's Hospital 93 RQM Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare 1— RQN The Hammersmith Hospitals 97 RR1 Birmingham Heartlands and Solihul 48 RR4 Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospital 106 RR7 Gateshead Health NHS Trust 59 RR8 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 57 RRK University Hospital Birmingham 76 RRV University College London Hospital 16 RT3 Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust 58 RTD The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital 70 RTF Northumbria Health Care NHS Trust 7 RTG Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospital 28 RTH Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust 42 England 63 1 Data quality insufficient to calculate median waiting time Notes:
1. This table is derived from ungrossed HES data.
2. Waiting time statistics from HES are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides counts and waiting times for all patients admitted to hospital within a given period whereas the published waiting list statistics count those waiting for treatment at a given point in time and how long they have been on the waiting list. Also, HES calculates the waiting time as the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self-deferrals or periods of medical/social suspension.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)—Department of Health