§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on waiting times for heart disease treatment, broken down by(a) regional health areas and (b) PCT areas. [53320]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 29 April 2002]: Data on waiting times by primary care trust area are not yet available as many primary care trusts have only recently been formed. The following data show numbers waiting over nine months for coronary artery by-pass surgery and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty on 31 March 2002, by region and health authority, as was.
Waiting times have been substantially reduced since the publication of the national service framework for coronary heart disease in March 2000. At that time 1,093 patients had been waiting for more than 12 months for a heart operation. By March 2002 we have achieved, with the exception of 20 patients who declined earlier dates, a 12-month maximum wait for revascularisation.
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Coronary revascularisation, position at 31 December 2001 CABG PTCA Region/HA code/HA name 9–11 months 12+ months 9–11 months 12+ months West Midlands QD9 Birmingham 41 58 7 1 QEA Coventry 11 4 0 0 QEC Dudley 17 13 3 1 QED Herefordshire 8 7 1 0 QEE Sandwell 22 20 1 0 QEF Shropshire 0 0 0 0 QEG Solihull 8 11 0 0 QEH North Staffordshire 6 8 0 0 QEJ South Staffordshire 12 11 1 0 QEK Walsall 18 15 2 0 QEL Warwickshire 14 9 0 0 QEM Wolverhampton 20 23 4 0 QEN Worcestershire 17 23 0 1 194 202 19 3 North West QC1 South Lancashire 15 7 3 0 QC2 Liverpool 20 10 3 0 QC3 Manchester 19 6 1 0 QC4 Morecambe Bay 21 11 0 0 QC5 St. Helens and Knowsley 16 9 1 1 QC6 Salford and Trafford 10 2 0 0 QC7 Sefton 6 0 2 0 QC8 Stockport 9 8 0 0 QC9 West Pennine 9 5 0 0 QCT Bury and Rochdale 16 5 0 0 QCV North Cheshire 7 6 1 1 QCW South Cheshire 16 7 2 0 QCX East Lancashire 15 5 8 2 QCY North West Lancashire 20 7 15 1 QDA Wigan and Bolton 11 3 0 0 QDC Wirral 6 5 1 0 216 96 37 5 Eastern QA6 Bedfordshire 2 2 0 0 QAX North Essex 25 6 1 0 QAY South Essex 41 12 0 0 QCF Suffolk 20 1 1 0 QER Cambridgeshire 19 0 2 0 QET Norfolk 19 1 1 0 QEX Hertfordshire 60 11 9 1 186 33 14 1 London QA2 Hillingdon 1 0 0 0 QA3 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 0 0 0 0 QA5 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 29 15 0 0 QAD Croydon 0 0 6 0 QAG Kingston and Richmond 7 0 2 0 QAH Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 0 0 0 0 QAJ Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 3 0 14 0 QAP Barking and Havering 15 6 0 0 QAR Brent and Harrow 3 0 5 0 QAT Camden and Islington 3 2 0 0 QAV Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 0 0 0 0 QAW East London and City 17 7 0 0 QEW Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 1 7 0 0 QEY Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 3 2 1 0 82 39 28 0 South East QA7 Berkshire 15 0 2 1 QA8 Buckinghamshire 13 1 1 0 QAE East Kent 7 0 0 0 QAF West Kent 9 1 1 0 QAK East Surrey 0 0 0 0 QAL West Surrey 2 0 3 0 QAM East Sussex Brighton and Hove 29 2 0 0 QAN West Sussex 12 1 0 0 QCC Northamptonshire 13 2 0 0
Coronary revascularisation, position at 31 December 2001 CABG PTCA Region/HA code/HA name 9–11 months 12+ months 9–11 months 12+s months QCE Oxfordshire HA 7 3 0 0 QD1 North and Mid Hampshire 8 1 3 0 QD3 Southampton and SW Hampshire 9 3 4 1 QEV Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 6 7 0 0 130 21 14 2 South West QD5 Somerset 9 10 10 QD6 South and West Devon 14 8 1 0 QD7 Wiltshire 13 0 3 0 QD8 Avon 12 10 5 5 QDV Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 20 7 4 0 QDW Dorset 0 0 0 0 QDX North and East Devon 4 0 1 0 QDY Gloucestershire 15 0 0 0 79 34 24 15 England 1,155 460 156 40 Source:
Department of Health form QF01