HC Deb 17 April 2002 vol 383 cc1020-1W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average outpatient ophthalmology waiting times have been for each quarter of the last five years. [47866]

Mr. Hutton

The information requested is shown in the table.

Average (median) waiting times for first out-patient appointment following general practitioner referral: ophthalmology
Year/quarter Median (weeks)
1996–97 8.24
4
1997–98
1 8.19
2 8.39
3 8.24
4 8.46
1998–99
1 8.64
2 9.12
3 9.10
4 9.62
1999–2000
1 9.32
2 9.89
3 9.99
4 9.95

Average (median) waiting times for first out-patient appointment following general practitioner referral: ophthalmology
Year/quarter Median (weeks)
2000–01
1 9.08
2 9.58
3 9.39
4 9.39
2001–02
1 8.53
2 8.90
3 8.90

Source:

DH QM08 form