§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will rank health authorities in England in order of the highest waiting times for hospital operations, using as the measures(a) those waiting over six months for inpatient treatments and (b) those waiting over 12 months for inpatient treatments. [3052]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 11 July 2001]: Patients awaiting operations are not identifiable separately. The table shows, for all patients awaiting admission to hospital, numbers of patients waiting more than six months and more than 12 months in each health authority in England as at 31 May 2001.
As part of the NHS Plan, the National Health Service is working towards reducing the current maximum inpatient wait of 18 months to 15 months by March 2002, 12 months by March 2003, nine months by March 2004 and then ultimately six months by the end of 2005.
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Patients waiting more than six months for admission to hospital as on 31 May 2001 Health authority Number West Kent 7.796 West Sussex 7,141 Avon 6,603 North Essex 6,537 Hertfordshire 6,167 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 5,910 605W
Patients waiting more than six months for admission to hospital as on 31 May 2001 Health authority Number Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 5,806 West Surrey 5,484 East Kent 5,348 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 5,101 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 4,628 South Essex 4,571 Norfolk 4,481 Suffolk 4,406 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East 4,380 Hampshire — Lincolnshire 4,028 Southampton and South West Hampshire 4,019 Cornwall and Isles of Silly 3,961 South and West Devon 3,929 Leeds 3,908 South Cheshire 3,896 Buckinghamshire 3,808 South Staffordshire 3,792 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 3,758 Berkshire 3,667 Salford and Trafford 3,587 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 3,579 Northamptonshire 3,507 Wiltshire 3,491 Cambridgeshire 3,472 North and East Devon 3,448 North Yorkshire 3,434 East Riding and Hull 3,400 Barking and Havering 3,191 East London and City 3,171 Leicestershire 3,143 East Surrey 3,102 Wigan and Bolton 3,077 Bedfordshire 3,049 South Derbyshire 2,977 North Cheshire 2,973 East Lancashire 2,962 Somerset 2,954 Manchester 2,947 Oxfordshire 2,901 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 2,778 Liverpool 2,702 North and Mid Hampshire 2,689 Worcestershire 2,664 Sheffield 2,496 Nottingham 2,465 Birmingham 2,419 Tees 2,398 Brent and Harrow 2,360 County Durham and Darlington 2,325 Bradford 2,262 Croydon 2,196 West Pennine 2,175 Kingston and Richmond 2,105 South Lancashire 2,019 Warwickshire 2,019 Wakefield 2,005 North West Lancashire 2,003 St. Helens and Knowsley 1,995 North Cumbria 1,976 Bury and Rochdale 1,894 South Humber 1,877 North Derbyshire 1,808 North Nottinghamshire 1,779 Sefton 1,769 Stockport 1.726 Gateshead and South Tyneside 1,690 Shropshire 1,657 Calderdale and Kirklees 1,618 Newcastle and North Tyneside 1,477 Morecambe Bay 1,412 Camden and Islington 1,367
Patients waiting more than six months for admission to hospital as on 31 May 2001 Health authority Number North Staffordshire 1,333 Gloucestershire 1,316 Sunderland 1,256 Hillingdon 1,096 Wirral 983 Northumberland 972 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 961 Dudley 875 Coventry 869 Wolverhampton 709 Herefordshire 693 Barnsley 588 Solihull 578 Sandwell 565 Doncaster 507 Rotherham 475 Walsall 399 Dorset 106 606W
Patients waiting more than 12 months for admission to hospital as on 31 May 2001 Health authority Number West Sussex 1,816 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 1,603 West Kent 1,551 West Surrey 1,522 Avon 1,436 Hertfordshire 1,353 North Essex 1,331 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 1,160 East Kent 1,122 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East 1,040 Hampshire Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 1,040 Southampton and South West Hampshire 1,011 Norfolk 994 Salford and Trafford 849 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 839 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 811 South and West Devon 783 Buckinghamshire 777 East Surrey 754 Wiltshire 745 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 726 Bedfordshire 725 South Staffordshire 721 North Cheshire 717 Manchester 697 North and East Devon 689 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 685 Northamptonshire 623 South Cheshire 622 Suffolk 617 Croydon 606 Cambridgeshire 603 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 594 Lincolnshire 561 East London and City 536 North and Mid Hampshire 530 Barking and Havering 521 Berkshire 516 Liverpool 504 South Essex 493 Oxfordshire 487 Wigan and Bolton 484 Kingston and Richmond 448 Brent and Harrow 439
Patients waiting more than 12 months for admission to hospital as on 31 May 2001 Health authority Number Worcestershire 414 Leeds 367 Leicestershire 364 Somerset 357 East Riding and Hull 321 St. Helens and Knowsley 319 Sefton 287 West Pennine 285 Shropshire 280 Camden and Islington 263 South Lancashire 258 Bury and Rochdale 258 Hillingdon 250 Stockport 248 Birmingham 238 North Staffordshire 225 South Derbyshire 212 Nottingham 195 North Cumbria 188 Morecame Bay 183 Wakefield 173 North West Lancashire 171 North Yorkshire 168 East Lancashire 154 Calderdale and Kirklees 148 Gloucestershire 131 Wirral 128 Newcastle and North Tyneside 112 Herefordshire 107 Tees 104 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 99 County Durham and Darlington 94 Bradford 88 Dudley 80 Coventry 77 Warwickshire 73 North Nottinghamshire 60 Sheffield 60 Northumberland 56 North Derbyshire 55 Gateshead and South Tyneside 43 Wolverhampton 43 Sunderland 38 South Humber 37 Sandwell 28 Walsall 27 Solihull 21 Barnsley 18 Dorset 12 Doncaster 9 Rotherham 8 Source:
QFO1 quarterly returns