Waiting Lists (Hansard, 13 December 2001)

§ Tim Loughton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to review the way his Department compiles tables for hospital waiting list numbers and times. [19300]

§ Mr. Hutton
[holding answer 29 November 2001]: The NHS Plan set out our objectives for reducing in-patient and out-patient waiting times by 2005. Information to monitor progress will continue to be collected and published by the Government Statistical Service.

§ Dr. Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many and what proportion of patients in each health authority on in-patient waiting lists have been waiting for over 15 months; [20863]
(2) how many and what proportion of patients in each health authority on in-patient waiting lists have been waiting for over six months. [20859]

§ Mr. Hutton
The information requested is in the table.
The NHS Plan Implementation Programme set out targets relating to in-patients, to implement a maximum waiting time of 15 months by March 2002. In addition, the NHS plan set a target to reduce the maximum wait for in-patient treatment to six months by the end of 2005.
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Patients waiting for elective admission, England, position at 30 September 2001

Over 6 month waiters Over 15 month waiters

Health authority Total waiting Number Percentage Number Percentage

East Surrey 8,527 2,996 35.1 216 2.5

East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 17,893 6,081 34.0 373 2.1

Gateshead and South Tyneside 7,671 1,540 20.1 1 0.0

Gloucestershire 8,205 1,496 18.2 48 0.6

Herefordshire 2,792 824 29.5 16 0.6

Hertfordshire 21,513 6,284 29.2 342 1.6

Hillingdon 4,167 1,100 26.4 72 1.7

Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 14,876 4,106 27.6 202 1.4

Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 4,477 863 19.3 17 0.4

Kingston and Richmond 7,122 2,020 28.4 126 1.8

Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 15,914 5,120 32.2 406 2.6

Leeds 13,675 3,825 28.0 69 0.5

Leicestershire 16,056 3,378 21.0 50 0.3

Lincolnshire 15,717 4,038 25.7 132 0.8

Liverpool 10,596 2,580 24.3 86 0.8

Manchester 12,189 3,137 25.7 226 1.9

Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 10.084 2,674 26.5 155 1.5

Morecambe Bay 6,789 1,783 26.3 19 0.3

Newcastle and North Tyneside 6,945 1,422 20.5 4 0.1

Norfolk 18,493 4,832 26.1 306 1.7

North and East Devon 10,991 3,277 29.8 127 1.2

North and Mid Hampshire 10,508 2,715 25.8 134 1.3

North Cheshire 8,747 2,894 33.1 147 1.7

North Cumbria 7,497 2,060 27.5 13 0.2

North Derbyshire 8,202 2,101 25.6 2 0.0

North Essex 20,872 6,466 31.0 221 1.1

North Nottinghamshire 7,976 1,963 24.6 13 0.2

North Staffordshire 6,473 1,373 21.2 10 0.2

North West Lancashire 11,350 2,296 20.2 31 0.3

North Yorkshire 13,795 3,406 24.7 14 0.1

Northamptonshire 13,728 3,916 28.5 120 0.9

Northumberland 5,177 1,046 20.2 0 0.0

Nottingham 11,365 2,564 22.6 50 0.4

Oxfordshire 10,942 2,982 27.3 74 0.7

Redbridge and Waltham Forest 10.349 3,666 35.4 231 2.2

Rotherham 3,819 535 14.0 1 0.0

Salford and Trafford 12,828 3,712 28.9 250 1.9

Sandwell 4,601 559 12.1 9 0.2

Sefton 7,430 1,850 24.9 57 0.8

Sheffield 11,287 3,020 26.8 5 0.0

Shropshire 7,012 1,586 22.6 40 0.6

Solihull 3,487 823 23.6 8 0.2

Somerset 11,623 3,065 26.4 80 0.7

South and West Devon 13,771 4,322 31.4 128 0.9

South Cheshire 14,148 4,222 29.8 158 1.1

South Essex 17,546 5,161 29.4 83 0.5

South Humber 7,848 2,080 26.5 2 0.0

South Lancashire 7,936 2,003 25.2 40 0.5

South Staffordshire 12,667 3,369 26.6 69 0.5

Southampton and South West Hampshire 13,564 3,628 26.7 247 1.8

Southern Derbyshire 12,470 2,951 23.7 48 0.4

St. Helens and Knowsley 9,514 1,972 20.7 57 0.6

Stockport 7,249 2,106 29.1 35 0.5

Suffolk 15,255 4,776 31.3 147 1.0

Sunderland 6,095 1,352 22.2 0 0.0

Tees 10,952 2,721 24.8 0 0.0

Wakefield 6,721 1,813 27.0 5 0.1

Walsall 2,741 385 14.0 4 0.1

Warwickshire 10,345 2,249 21.7 9 0.1

West Kent 24,236 7,882 32.5 234 1.0

West Pennine 11,663 2,295 19.7 57 0.5

West Surrey 14,644 5,562 38.0 534 3.6

West Sussex 18,714 6,928 37.0 500 2.7

Wigan and Bolton 13,540 3,350 24.7 116 0.9

Wiltshire 12,397 3,678 29.7 193 1.6

Wirral 5,602 1,240 22.1 47 0.8

Wolverhampton 3,730 742 19.9 3 0.1

Worcestershire 9,517 2,635 27.7 109 1.1

Source:
Department of Health form QF01
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Patients waiting for elective admission, England, position at 30 September 2001
		Over 6 month waiters	Over 15 month waiters
Health authority	Total waiting	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
East Surrey	8,527	2,996	35.1	216	2.5
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove	17,893	6,081	34.0	373	2.1
Gateshead and South Tyneside	7,671	1,540	20.1	1	0.0
Gloucestershire	8,205	1,496	18.2	48	0.6
Herefordshire	2,792	824	29.5	16	0.6
Hertfordshire	21,513	6,284	29.2	342	1.6
Hillingdon	4,167	1,100	26.4	72	1.7
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	14,876	4,106	27.6	202	1.4
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster	4,477	863	19.3	17	0.4
Kingston and Richmond	7,122	2,020	28.4	126	1.8
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	15,914	5,120	32.2	406	2.6
Leeds	13,675	3,825	28.0	69	0.5
Leicestershire	16,056	3,378	21.0	50	0.3
Lincolnshire	15,717	4,038	25.7	132	0.8
Liverpool	10,596	2,580	24.3	86	0.8
Manchester	12,189	3,137	25.7	226	1.9
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	10.084	2,674	26.5	155	1.5
Morecambe Bay	6,789	1,783	26.3	19	0.3
Newcastle and North Tyneside	6,945	1,422	20.5	4	0.1
Norfolk	18,493	4,832	26.1	306	1.7
North and East Devon	10,991	3,277	29.8	127	1.2
North and Mid Hampshire	10,508	2,715	25.8	134	1.3
North Cheshire	8,747	2,894	33.1	147	1.7
North Cumbria	7,497	2,060	27.5	13	0.2
North Derbyshire	8,202	2,101	25.6	2	0.0
North Essex	20,872	6,466	31.0	221	1.1
North Nottinghamshire	7,976	1,963	24.6	13	0.2
North Staffordshire	6,473	1,373	21.2	10	0.2
North West Lancashire	11,350	2,296	20.2	31	0.3
North Yorkshire	13,795	3,406	24.7	14	0.1
Northamptonshire	13,728	3,916	28.5	120	0.9
Northumberland	5,177	1,046	20.2	0	0.0
Nottingham	11,365	2,564	22.6	50	0.4
Oxfordshire	10,942	2,982	27.3	74	0.7
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	10.349	3,666	35.4	231	2.2
Rotherham	3,819	535	14.0	1	0.0
Salford and Trafford	12,828	3,712	28.9	250	1.9
Sandwell	4,601	559	12.1	9	0.2
Sefton	7,430	1,850	24.9	57	0.8
Sheffield	11,287	3,020	26.8	5	0.0
Shropshire	7,012	1,586	22.6	40	0.6
Solihull	3,487	823	23.6	8	0.2
Somerset	11,623	3,065	26.4	80	0.7
South and West Devon	13,771	4,322	31.4	128	0.9
South Cheshire	14,148	4,222	29.8	158	1.1
South Essex	17,546	5,161	29.4	83	0.5
South Humber	7,848	2,080	26.5	2	0.0
South Lancashire	7,936	2,003	25.2	40	0.5
South Staffordshire	12,667	3,369	26.6	69	0.5
Southampton and South West Hampshire	13,564	3,628	26.7	247	1.8
Southern Derbyshire	12,470	2,951	23.7	48	0.4
St. Helens and Knowsley	9,514	1,972	20.7	57	0.6
Stockport	7,249	2,106	29.1	35	0.5
Suffolk	15,255	4,776	31.3	147	1.0
Sunderland	6,095	1,352	22.2	0	0.0
Tees	10,952	2,721	24.8	0	0.0
Wakefield	6,721	1,813	27.0	5	0.1
Walsall	2,741	385	14.0	4	0.1
Warwickshire	10,345	2,249	21.7	9	0.1
West Kent	24,236	7,882	32.5	234	1.0
West Pennine	11,663	2,295	19.7	57	0.5
West Surrey	14,644	5,562	38.0	534	3.6
West Sussex	18,714	6,928	37.0	500	2.7
Wigan and Bolton	13,540	3,350	24.7	116	0.9
Wiltshire	12,397	3,678	29.7	193	1.6
Wirral	5,602	1,240	22.1	47	0.8
Wolverhampton	3,730	742	19.9	3	0.1
Worcestershire	9,517	2,635	27.7	109	1.1