HC Deb 18 January 2001 vol 361 cc320-3W
Paddy Ashdown

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people have been on the in-patient waiting list at(a) East Somerset NHS Trust and (b) Taunton NHS Trust in each quarter since 1990–91; and how many of these people were waiting (i) more than six months, (ii) more than 12 months and (iii) more than 18 months; [144613]

(2) what the in-patient waiting list size is at (i) East Somerset NHS Trust and (ii) Taunton NHS Trust; and how many people at each trust have been waiting (a) more than six months, (b) more than 12 months and (c) more than 18 months for an operation. [144612]

Mr. Denham

The information requested is shown in the tables. The two trusts in question did not exist prior to 1991–92, therefore no data are available.

In-patient data—Taunton and Somerset National Health Service trust
Year Quarter Total waiting list 6–12 months 12–18 months 18 plus months
1990–91 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1990–91 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1990–91 3 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1990–91 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a

In-patient data—Taunton and Somerset National Health Service trust
Year Quarter Total waiting list 6–12 months 12–18 months 18 plus months
1991–92 1 6,506 1,525 n/a n/a
1991–92 2 5,844 1,524 n/a n/a
1991–92 3 5,730 1,255 n/a n/a
1991–92 4 5,441 1,134 n/a n/a
1992–93 1 5,671 1,338 106 15
1992–93 2 5,843 1,500 61 3
1992–93 3 6,331 1,510 75 8
1992–93 4 6,119 1,359 0 0
1993–94 1 5,975 1,383 55 2
1993–94 2 5,888 1,377 56 1
1993–94 3 5,701 1,268 63 4
1993–94 4 5,479 1,022 0 0
1994–95 1 5,510 972 0 0
1994–95 2 5,222 798 0 0
1994–95 3 5,212 701 0 0
1994–95 4 4,993 609 0 0
1995–96 1 4,995 480 0 0
1995–96 2 5,088 509 1 0
1995–96 3 5,007 408 0 0
1995–96 4 4,899 292 0 0
1996–97 1 5,152 329 0 0
1996–97 2 5,201 425 0 0
1996–97 3 5,898 648 0 0
1996–97 4 6,282 1,070 0 0
1997–98 1 6,759 1,388 18 0
1997–98 2 6,710 1,454 52 0
1997–98 3 7,513 1,576 113 0
1997–98 4 7,523 1,669 22 0
1998–99 1 7,596 1,739 32 0
1998–99 2 7,385 1,580 44 0
1998–99 3 7,606 1,591 114 0
1998–99 4 7,440 1,622 137 0
1999–2000 1 7,451 1,722 137 0
1999–2000 2 7,630 1,753 180 0
1999–2000 3 7,690 1,796 211 0
1999–2000 4 7,027 1,522 271 0
2000–01 1 6,920 1,380 297 0
2000–01 2 6,753 1,233 197 0

n/a—not available

In-patient data—East Somerset National Health Service trust
Year Quarter Total waiting list 6–12 months 12–18 months 18 plus months
1990–91 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1990–91 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1990–91 3 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1990–91 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1991–92 1 1,605 302 n/a n/a
1991–92 2 1,558 295 n/a n/a
1991–92 3 1,604 263 n/a n/a
1991–92 4 1,485 196 n/a n/a
1992–93 1 1,499 193 16 1
1992–93 2 1,601 229 16 0
1992–93 3 1,744 217 11 0
1992–93 4 1,670 244 0 0
1993–94 1 1,869 260 20 0
1993–94 2 1,845 316 26 0
1993–94 3 1,999 308 12 0
1993–94 4 1,725 252 0 0
1994–95 1 1,791 220 11 0
1994–95 2 1,721 265 7 0
1994–95 3 1,610 244 0 0
1994–95 4 1,423 138 0 0
1995–96 1 1,490 139 0 0
1995–96 2 1,673 125 2 0
1995–96 3 1,689 122 1 0
1995–96 4 1,634 111 0 0
1996–97 1 1,691 112 0 0

In-patient data—East Somerset National Health Service trust
Year Quarter Total waiting list 6–12 months 12–18 months 18 plus months
1996–97 2 2,181 169 0 0
1996–97 3 2,599 341 0 0
1996–97 4 2,662 429 6 0
1997–98 1 2,614 423 64 0
1997–98 2 2,537 417 65 0
1997–98 3 2,874 498 45 0
1997–98 4 2,845 516 5 0
1998–99 1 2,660 474 19 0
1998–99 2 2,335 409 22 0
1998–99 3 2,485 394 42 0
1998–99 4 2,489 382 0 0
1999–2000 1 2,132 299 39 0
1999–2000 2 2,294 293 41 0
1999–2000 3 2,412 325 31 0
1999–2000 4 2,061 346 31 0
2000–01 1 2,081 350 47 0
2000–01 2 2,209 355 55 0

n/a—not available

Paddy Ashdown

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been on the out-patient waiting list at(a) East Somerset NHS Trust and (b) Taunton NHS Trust for each quarter since 1999–01; and how many of these people were waiting (i) more than six months, (ii) more than 12 months and (iii) more than 18 months. [144597]

Mr. Denham

The information requested is shown in the tables, however, out-patient data are collected by number of weeks waiting, rather than months. The tables show numbers who have waited over 13 and over 26 weeks. The Department does not collect information on the total number of people waiting for out-patient appointments on any given day. Because of the high turnover of out-patient waiting lists it would not be a useful indicator to have the total number of waiting at the last day of the quarter.

Out-patient long waiters—Tauton and Somerset National Health Service Trust
Year Quarter Not seen 13 to 25 weeks Not seen 26 weeks plus
1995–96 1 743 205
1995–96 2 933 271
1995–96 3 966 172
1995–96 4 738 191
1996–97 1 1,010 143
1996–97 2 1,340 142
1996–97 3 1,277 194
1996–97 4 1,058 210
1997–98 1 932 173
1997–98 2 1,473 155
1997–98 3 1,380 219
1997–98 4 1,017 199
1998–99 1 1,337 199
1998–99 2 1,649 363
1998–99 3 1,598 527
1998–99 4 1,500 478
1999–2000 1 1,931 552
1999–2000 2 2,020 577
1999–2000 3 1,918 643
1999–2000 4 1,525 603
2000–01 1 2,168 483
2000–01 2 1,287 256

Source:

QM08—waiting times quarterly return

Out-patient long waiters—East Somerset NHS Trust
Year Quarter Not seen 13 to 25 weeks Not seen 26 weeks plus
1995–96 1 664 277
1995–96 2 752 228
1995–96 3 811 189
1995–96 4 736 194
1996–97 1 305 20
1996–97 2 393 30
1996–97 3 391 60
1996–97 4 472 87
1997–98 1 511 146
1997–98 2 727 142
1997–98 3 763 225
1997–98 4 606 237
1998–99 1 653 210
1998–99 2 725 200
1998–99 3 851 196
1998–99 4 649 247
1999–2000 1 922 258
1999–2000 2 838 294
1999–2000 3 737 306
1999–2000 4 763 257
2000–01 1 971 295
2000–01 2 567 202

Source:

QM08—waiting times quarterly return