§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the waiting lists for angiogram assessment in(a) England and (b) Gloucestershire. [33056]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 4 February 2002]: Data are not collected on the number of patients waiting for angiograms. On the 21 November 2001, we announced details of the first wave of £65 million of New Opportunities Fund money which will provide new angiography equipment at 37 hospitals. This was matched by £15 million from the Treasury Capital Modernisation Fund to be used on building laboratory facilities for 952W subsidiary or secondary diagnoses are recorded in the last six fields. Admissions to hospital with a main diagnosis of malnutrition, by age, are given in the table.
No data are held on the weight of the patient.
angiography at 22 hospitals. Further Treasury Capital Modernisation Fund money for buildings will follow to match second and third wave New Opportunities Fund funding. This first wave of funding will enable the National Health Service to carry out an extra 14,000 angiograms each year, and so reduce waiting times.