Cardiology Operations (Hansard, 24 July 2002)

§ Mr. Hutton

The table below shows the number of patients waiting for elective cardiology admission by Health Authority as at 31 March 1997 and 31 March 2002.

The total number of patients awaiting cardiology operations has increased by 5,662. In the same period, the number of cardiology episodes increased from 177,304 in 1996–97 to 255,998 in 2000–01.

Patients waiting for elective cardiology admission: Position at 31 March 1997 and 31 March 2002': Health Authorites, England
Health Authority	31 March 1997	31 March 2002¹
Avon HA	489	886
Barking and Havering HA	198	289
Bamet HA	153	.
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey	.	389
Barnsley HA	64	51
Bedfordshire HA	219	423
Berkshire HA	182	372
Bexley and Greenwich HA	106	.
Birmingham HA	469	489
Bradford HA	157	107
Brent and Harrow HA	561	222
Bromley HA	214	.
Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich	.	366
Buckinghamshire HA	169	440
Bury and Rochdale HA	165	202
Calderdale and Kirklees HA	76	137
Cambridge and Huntingdon HA	301	.
Cambridgeshire HA	.	538
Camden and Islington HA	140	191
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA	398	64

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Patients waiting for elective cardiology admission: Position at 31 March 1997 and 31 March 2002¹: Health Authorites, England
County Durham and Darlington HA	137	135
Coventry HA	171	157
Croydon HA	188	302
Doncaster HA	101	102
Dorset HA	479	319
Dudley HA	49	54
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA	795	599
EandN Hertfordshire HA	196	.
East Kent HA	428	344
East Lancashire HA	280	448
East London and City HA	436	671
East Norfolk HA	348	.
East Riding and Hull HA	8	340
East Surrey HA	197	172
East Sussex Brighton and Hove HA	125	93
Enfield and Haringey HA	186	.
Gateshead and South Tyneside HA	236	59
Gloucestershire HA	81	207
Herefordshire HA	.	16
Hertfordshire HA	.	763
Hillingdon HA	94	163
Isle of Wight HA	11	.
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South	.	461
East Hampshire
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA	189	274
Kingston and Richmond HA	126	301
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA	651	378
Leeds HA	357	203
Leicestershire HA	411	827
Lincolnshire HA	189	223
Liverpool HA	133	396
Manchester HA	432	452
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA	260	572
Morecambe Bay HA	101	210
Newcastle and North Tyneside HA	330	197
Norfolk HA	.	570
North and East Devon HA	8	19
North and Mid Hampshire HA	140	368
North Cheshire HA	72	190
North Cumbria HA	221	196
North Derbyshire HA	161	137
North Essex HA	317	717
North Nottinghamshire HA	62	123
North Staffordshire HA	222	88
North West Anglia HA	211	.
North West Lancashire HA	345	802
North Yorkshire HA	53	92
Northamptonshire HA	154	92
Northumberland HA	189	153
Nottingham HA	21	155
Oxfordshire HA	208	235
Portsmouth and SE Hampshire HA	151	.
Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA	284	413
Rotherham HA	94	39
Salford and Trafford HA	224	243
Sandwell HA	59	298
Sefton HA	51	126
Sheffield HA	230	308
Shropshire HA	46	65
Solihull HA	87	90
Somerset HA	119	166
South and West Devon HA	328	70
South Cheshire HA	184	271
South Essex HA	329	680
South Humber HA	25	48
South Lancashire HA	127	344
South Staffordshire HA	107	60
Southampton and SW Hampshire HA	387	618
Southern Derbyshire HA	32	60
St Helens and Knowsley HA	103	303
Stockport HA	141	123
Suffolk HA	367	542
Sunderland HA	205	143
Tees HA	184	139
Wakefield HA	238	44
Walsall HA	16	27
Warwickshire HA	187	161
West Hertfordshire HA	131	.
West Kent HA	338	337
West Pennine HA	222	238
West Surrey HA	227	141
West Sussex HA	209	332

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Patients waiting for elective cardiology admission: Position at 31 March 1997 and 31 March 2002¹: Health Authorites, England
Wigan and Bolton HA	286	322
Wiltshire HA	167	383
Wirral HA	127	248
Wolverhampton HA	35	40
Worcestershire HA	191	107
¹This data is consistent with the Department's statistical press notice of 10 May 2002 about end March 2002 waiting list/times. However, some of the figures may change slightly when final details about the end March position at Royal United Hospitals, Bath become available.

Source:

Department of Health form QF01.

Note:

"." Denotes data not applicable due to non-existence of Health Authority at that time.