§ Miss KirkbrideTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were on the(a) waiting list 398W for operations and (b) waiting list for an out-patient's appointment at the Worcestershire NHS Acute Trust in each month from January 2000 to January 2001. [148752]
§ Mr. DenhamWorcester acute hospital is a newly merged trust. As a result, data are not available before April 2000. Latest data available are shown.
The trust had planned for and achieved a decrease in both its in-patient and out-patient waiting lists for end of October. It is inevitable that waiting lists would rise due to the evacuation of patients from the Castle street site of Worcester Royal infirmary due to the heavy flooding.
In-patient data Month Total inpatient waiting list April 2000 8,294 May 2000 8,470 June 2000 8,665 July 2000 8,878 August 2000 8,370 September 2000 8,958 October 2000 8,911 November 2000 9,192
Out-patient over 13 week waiters Quarter Number June 2000 1,920 September 2000 2,650