§ Baroness Barkerasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will rank health authorities in England in order of the highest waiting times per weighted head of population for hospital operations using as the measures (a) those waiting over six months for in-patient treatments; (b) those waiting over 12 months for in-patient treatments; and what proportion of those people waiting are aged (i) 0 to 15 years, (ii) 16 to 59 years, and (iii) 60 years and over. [HL.673]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathThe information in the tables relates to all patients awaiting admission to hospital on 31 May 2001. Patients awaiting operations are not identifiable separately nor is an age split possible. Population figures have been weighted on the basis of age and need.
31WA
Patients waiting more than 6 months per weighted head of population Health Authority West Surrey HA 0.010 West Sussex HA 0 010 North Cheshire HA 0.009 East Kent HA 0.009 West Kent HA 0.009 East Surrey HA 0.009 Barking & Havering HA 0.008 Redbridge & Waltham Forest HA 0.008 Cornwall & Isles of Scilly HA 0.008 Southampton & SW Hampshire HA 0.008 North Essex HA 0.008 Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham HA 0.007 East Sussex Brighton and Hove HA 0.007 Salford & Trafford HA 0.007 North & East Devon HA 0.007 Avon HA 0.007 Suffolk HA 0.007 Croydon HA 0.007 South Lancashire HA 0.007 South Essex HA 0.007 South Staffordshire HA 0.007 Bexley, Bromley & Greenwich HA 0.007 Kingston & Richmond HA 0.007 Hertfordshire HA 0.007 Northamptonshire HA 0.007 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth & South East Hampshire HA 0.006 South and West Devon HA 0.006 Lincolnshire HA 0.006 Wakefield HA 0.006 North Cumbria HA 0.006 Sefton HA 0.006 Barnet, Enfield & Haringey HA 0.006 South Humber HA 0.006 Somerset HA 0.006 East Riding & Hull HA 0.006 South Cheshire HA 0.006 Wiltshire HA 0.006 Norfolk HA 0.006 Buckinghamshire HA 0.006 Stockport HA 0.006 Bedfordshire HA 0.006 North & Mid Hampshire HA 0.006 East Lancashire HA 0.005 Manchester HA 0.005 St Helens & Knowsley HA 0.005 Leeds HA 0.005 Wigan & Bolton HA 0.005
Patients waiting more than 6 months per weighted head of population Health Authority Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow HA 0.005 South Derbyshire HA 0.005 Worcestershire HA 0.005 North Derbyshire HA 0.005 Liverpool HA 0.005 Cambridgeshire HA 0.005 Brent & Harrow HA 0.005 Oxfordshire HA 0.005 North Yorkshire HA 0.005 Berkshire HA 0.005 North Nottinghamshire HA 0.005 Hillingdon HA 0.005 East London & City HA 0.004 Bury & Rochdale HA 0.004 Gateshead & South Tyneside HA 0.004 Sheffield HA 0.004 Bradford HA 0.004 West Pennine HA 0.004 Morecambe Bay HA 0.004 Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth HA 0.004 Sunderland HA 0.004 Tees HA 0.004 North West Lancashire HA 0.004 Herefordshire HA 0.004 Warwickshire HA 0.004 Nottingham HA 0.004 Shropshire HA 0.004 Leicestershire HA 0.004 County Durham & Darlington HA 0.003 Camden & Islington HA 0.003 Newcastle & North Tyneside HA 0.003 Northumberland HA 0.003 Wirral HA 0.003 Wolverhampton HA 0.003 Coventry HA 0.003 North Staffordshire HA 0.003 Solihull HA 0.003 Dudley HA 0.003 Calderdale & Kirklees HA 0.003 Gloucestershire HA 0.003 Barnsley HA 0.002 Birmingham HA 0.002 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster HA 0.002 Sandwell HA 0.002 Rotherham HA 0.002 Doncaster HA 0.002 Walsall HA 0.001 Dorset HA 0.000
32WA
Patients waiting more than 12 months per weighted head of population Health Authority West Surrey HA 0.003 West Sussex HA 0.002 North Cheshire HA 0.002 Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham HA 0.002 Salford & Trafford HA 0.002 Southampton & SW Hampshire HA 0.002 East Kent HA 0.002 Croydon HA 0.002 Redbridge & Waltham Forest HA 0.002 East Surrey HA 0.002 West Kent HA 0.002 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth & South East Hampshire HA 0.002 North Essex HA 0.002 Avon HA 0.002 East Sussex Brighton and Hove HA 0.001 Manchester HA 0.001 North & East Devon HA 0.001
33WA
Patients waiting more than 12 months per weighted head of population Health Authority Cornwall & Isles of Scilly HA 0.001 Barking & Havering HA 0.001 South and West Devon HA 0.001 Kingston & Richmond HA 0.001 Hertfordshire HA 0.001 Bedfordshire HA 0.001 Barnet, Enfield & Haringey HA 0.001 Norfolk HA 0.001 Wiltshire HA 0.001 South Staffordshire HA 0.001 Bexley, Bromley & Greenwich HA 0.001 Buckinghamshire HA 0.001 Liverpool HA 0.001 Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow HA 0.001 Northamptonshire HA 0.001 Sefton HA 0.001 Hillingdon HA 0.001 St Helens & Knowsley HA 0.001 Brent & Harrow HA 0.001 North & Mid Hampshire HA 0.001 Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth HA 0.001 South Cheshire HA 0.001 Suffolk HA 0.001 Lincolnshire HA 0.001 East London & City HA 0.001 Stockport HA 0.001 Wigan & Bolton HA 0.001 Cambridgeshire HA 0.001 South Lancashire HA 0.001 Oxfordshire HA 0.001 Worcestershire HA 0.001 Somerset HA 0.001 Camden & Islington HA 0.001 South Essex HA 0.001 Bury & Rochdale HA 0.001 Shropshire HA 0.001 Berkshire HA 0.001 Herefordshire HA 0.001 West Pennine HA 0.001 North Cumbria HA 0.001 Morecambe Bay HA 0.001 East Riding & Hull HA 0.001 Wakefield HA 0.000 Leeds HA 0.000 North Staffordshire HA 0.000 Wirral HA 0.000 Leicestershire HA 0.000 South Derbyshire HA 0.000 North West Lancashire HA 0.000 Nottingham HA 0.000 East Lancashire HA 0.000 Dudley HA 0.000 Coventry HA 0.000 Calderdale & Kirklees HA 0.000 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster HA 0.000 Newcastle & North Tyneside HA 0.000 Birmingham HA 0.000 Gloucestershire HA 0.000 North Yorkshire HA 0.000 Tees HA 0.000 Bradford HA 0.000 Northumberland HA 0.000 Wolverhampton HA 0.000 County Durham & Darlington HA 0.000 North Nottinghamshire HA 0.000 North Derbyshire HA 0.000 Warwickshire HA 0.000 Sunderland HA 0.000 Gateshead & South Tyneside HA 0.000 South Humber HA 0.000 Sheffield HA 0.000 Walsall HA 0.000
Patients waiting more than 12 months per weighted head of population Health Authority Solihull HA 0.000 Sandwell HA 0.000 Barnsley HA 0.000 Rotherham HA 0.000 Doncaster HA 0.000 Dorset HA 0.000 Source:
Department of Health monthly monitoring