§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health in which health authorities more than one patient in eight has waited over one year for in-patient treatment, excluding day cases, in the last year. [153966]
§ Mr. DenhamThe health authorities at which more than one in eight patients on the waiting list for an ordinary admission have been waiting for more than 12 months are shown in the table.
Health authority1 Percentage of patients who had waited 12 months or more East Surrey 14.7 Southampton and South West 14.2 Hampshire West Sussex 13.4 1 At 31 December 2000 Note:
1 in 8 = 12.5 per cent.