HC Deb 23 October 2002 vol 391 c408W
Gregory Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many gastrointestinal cancer patients are awaiting gastrointestinal endoscopy; and what the comparative figures were for each month since July 1997; [75776]

(2) what the average waiting time is for patients awaiting gastrointestinal endoscopy; and what the figures were for each month since July 1997. [75768]

Ms Blears

Information is not collected centrally on patient waiting times for gastrointestinal endoscopy.