HC Deb 01 November 2001 vol 373 cc820-5W
Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list in(a) rank and (b) alphabetical order of health authority, the proportion of patients waiting a year or more for in-patient treatment (i) at the latest available date and (ii) in April 1997. [11095]

Mr. Hutton

The information requested is shown in the tables.

Percentage of patients on in-patient waiting list over 12 months
Percentage of patients waiting over 12 months
Health authorities ranked alphabetically: August 2001 March 1997 June 1997
Bury and Rochdale 3.2 1.8 1.6
Calderdale and Kirklees 0.8 0.3 1.2
Cambridgeshire 4.2 n/a n/a
Camden and Islington 4.4 1.3 2.5
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 5.1 0.8 1.6
County Durham and Darlington 0.9 0.0 0.5
Coventry 2.7 0.0 0.2
Croydon 9.6 4.1 3.4
Doncaster 0.3 1.0 0.8
Dorset 0.1 0.0 0.0
Dudley 2.2 0.2 0.3
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 5.2 8.1 9.9
East Kent 6.9 0.5 0.3
East Lancashire 1.6 0.4 0.8
East London and City 4.7 4.3 4.9
East Riding and Hull 3.5 0.7 3.7
East Surrey 8.7 2.3 4.1
East Sussex, Bright and Hove 6.4 2.3 3.2
Gateshead and South Tyneside 0.5 0.4 1.5
Gloucestershire 1.6 0.1 0.5
Herefordshire 3.7 1.4 2.7
Hertfordshire 6.1 n/a n/a
Hillingdon 5.8 4.6 5.9
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 6.3 n/a n/a
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 1.8 1.4 2.6
Kingston and Richmond 6.1 4.1 5.4
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 8.5 7.6 11.4
Leeds 3.0 0.5 1.7
Leicestershire 2.6 0.4 2.2
Lincolnshire 4.3 8.3 8.7
Liverpool 4.0 4.2 5.3
Manchester 6.3 4.8 7.2
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 5.4 3.1 4.1
Morecambe Bay 2.6 2.0 1.4
Newcastle and North Tyneside 1.1 0.5 2.2
Norfolk 5.3 n/a n/a
North and East Devon 5.5 1.9 3.5
North and Mid Hampshire 4.9 3.2 3.7
North Cheshire 7.9 0.9 2.9
North Cumbria 1.8 0.1 3.5
North Derbyshire 0.7 9.5 11.0
North Essex 6.1 2.5 4.1
North Nottinghamshire 1.0 2.5 2.9
North Staffordshire 2.9 1.5 2.9
North West Lancashire 1.5 1.1 2.0
North Yorkshire 1.2 0.2 1.1
Northamptonshire 4.8 2.2 3.1
Northumberland 0.9 0.2 1.1
Nottingham 2.3 10.0 8.1
Oxfordshire 4.6 5.0 7.3
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 8.3 8.3 9.1
Rotherham 0.4 2.0 2.4
Salford and Trafford 6.4 2.9 5.6
Sandwell 0.8 0.1 0.1
Sefton 3.3 2.7 5.7
Sheffield 1.2 5.2 6.1
Shropshire 3.5 0.2 0.3
Solihull 1.2 0.2 0.3
Somerset 3.4 0.2 0.8
South and West Devon 6.6 0.1 0.7
South Cheshire 4.7 2.0 5.6
South Essex 3.9 0.3 1.1
South Humber 0.8 7.3 9.1
South Lancashire 2.4 1.7 4.4
South Staffordshire 5.2 0.2 0.5
Southampton and South West Hampshire 6.4 6.0 7.7
Southern Derbyshire 2.6 6.1 5.3
St. Helens and Knowsley 3.4 2.0 3.5
Stockport 3.8 3.6 3.6
Suffolk 4.6 3.3 3.7
Sunderland 0.5 0.0 0.4

Percentage of patients on in-patient waiting list over 12 months
Percentage of patients waiting over 12 months
Health authorities ranked alphabetically: August 2001 March 1997 June 1997
Tees 0.4 0.0 0.1
Wakefield 2.3 1.6 2.7
Walsall 0.8 0.1 0.2
Warwickshire 1.1 0.1 0.2
West Kent 5.3 1.4 3.1
West Pennine 2.4 1.1 1.7
West Surrey 10.9 5.5 8.9
West Sussex 9.3 4.7 7.8
Wigan and Bolton 3.7 0.6 2.3
Wiltshire 5.9 5.7 5.5
Wirral 2.8 1.8 1.5
Wolverhampton 1.4 0.7 1.8
Worcestershire 5.0 1.8 1.2
England 4.4 2.7 3.9

Source:

Department of Health quarterly return (QF01)

Health authorities ranked by percentage waiting over 12 months (highest first)
Percentage of patients waiting over 12 months in:
Name August 2001 March 1997 June 1997
West Surrey 10.9 5.5 8.9
Croydon 9.6 4.1 3.4
West Sussex 9.3 4.7 7.8
East Surrey 8.7 2.3 4.1
Lambeth. Southwark and Lewisham 8.5 7.6 11.4
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 8.3 8.3 9.1
North Cheshire 7.9 0.9 2.9
Bedfordshire 7.0 1.3 2.6
East Kent 6.9 0.5 0.3
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 6.9 n/a n/a
South and West Devon 6.6 0.1 0.7
Avon 6.5 3.9 7.1
Southampton and South West Hampshire 6.4 6.0 7.7
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 6.4 2.3 3.2
Salford and Telford 6.4 2.9 5.6
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 6.3 n/a n/a
Manchester 6.3 4.8 7.2
Kingston and Richmond 6.1 4.1 5.4
Hertfordshire 6.1 n/a n/a
Barking and Havering 6.1 3.3 4.0
North Essex 6.1 2.5 4.1
Brent and Harrow 6.0 4.5 6.3
Wiltshire 5.9 5.7 5.5
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 5.8 n/a n/a
Hillingdon 5.8 4.6 5.9
Buckinghamshire 5.6 4.0 4.9
North and East Devon 5.5 1.9 3.5
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 5.4 3.1 4.1
West Kent 5.3 1.4 3.1
Norfolk 5.3 n/a n/a
South Staffordshire 5.2 0.2 0.5
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 5.2 8.1 9.9
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 5.1 0.8 1.6
Worcestershire 5.0 1.8 1.2
North and Mid Hampshire 4.9 3.2 3.7
Northamptonshire 4.8 2.2 3.1
South Cheshire 4.7 2.0 5.6
East London and City 4.7 4.3 4.9
Suffolk 4.6 3.3 3.7
Oxfordshire 4.6 5.0 7.3
Camden and Islington 4.4 1.3 2.5
Lincolnshire 4.3 8.3 8.7
Cambridgeshire 4.2 n/a n/a
Liverpool 4.0 4.2 5.3
South Essex 3.9 0.3 1.1
Stockport 3.8 3.6 3.6
Herefordshire 3.7 1.4 2.7
Wigan and Bolton 3.7 0.6 2.3
Berkshire 3.7 2.6 3.7

Health authorities ranked by percentage waiting over 12 months (highest first)
Percentage of patients waiting over 12 months in:
Name August 2001 March 1997 June 1997
East Riding and Hull 3.5 0.7 3.7
Shropshire 3.5 0.2 0.3
Somerset 3.4 0.2 0.8
St. Helens and Knowsley 3.4 2.0 3.5
Sefton 3.3 2.7 5.7
Bury and Rochdale 3.2 1.8 1.6
Leeds 3.0 0.5 1.7
North Staffordshire 2.9 1.5 2.9
Wirral 2.8 1.8 1.5
Coventry 2.7 0.0 0.2
Morecambe Bay 2.6 2.0 1.4
Southern Derbyshire 2.6 6.1 5.3
Leicestershire 2.6 0.4 2.2
South Lancashire 2.4 1.7 4.4
West Pennine 2.4 1.1 1.7
Wakefield 2.3 1.6 2.7
Nottingham 2.3 10.0 8.1
Dudley 2.2 0.2 0.3
Birmingham 2.0 0.1 0.3
North Cumbria 1.8 0.1 3.5
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 1.8 1.4 2.6
East Lancashire 1.6 0.4 0.8
Gloucestershire 1.6 0.1 0.5
North West Lancashire 1.5 1.1 2.0
Wolverhampton 1.4 0.7 1.8
North Yorkshire 1.2 0.2 1.1
Solihull 1.2 0.2 0.3
Sheffield 1.2 5.2 6.1
Newcastle and North Tyneside 1.1 0.5 2.2
Warwickshire 1.1 0.1 0.2
North Nottinghamshire 1.0 2.5 2.9
County Durham and Darlington 0.9 0.0 0.5
Northumberland 0.9 0.2 1.1
Calderdale and Kirklees 0.8 0.3 1.2
South Humber 0.8 7.3 9.1
Sandwell 0.8 0.1 0.1
Walsall 0.8 0.1 0.2
Bradford 0.8 0.3 5.0
North Derbyshire 0.7 9.5 11.0
Sunderland 0.5 0.0 0.4
Gateshead and South Tyneside 0.5 0.4 1.5
Tees 0.4 0.0 0.1
Barnsley 0.4 2.3 2.1
Rotherham 0.4 2.0 2.4
Doncaster 0.3 1.0 0.8
Dorset 0.1 0.0 0.0
England 4.4 2.7 3.9

Note:

Data were collected on a quarterly basis until June 1998. Therefore, data have been given from March 1997; the nearest quarter to April 1997.

Source:

Department of Health quarterly return (QF01)