§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were waiting for in-patient treatment in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust on 31 March 1997; and how many months between 31 March 1997 and the latest available date the number has been below that level. [77137]
§ Mr. LammyThe information requested is shown in the table. The in-patient waiting list for the trust was 8,391 at the end of March 1997 and has not been below that level since then.
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Patients waiting for elective admission, Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, June 1995 to August 2002, ordinary and day-case admissions combined, all specialities Quarter/month Total waiting June 1995 6,568 September 1995 6,440 December 1995 6,350 March 1996 5,835 June 1996 6,463 September 1996 5,909 December 1996 7,258 March 1997 8,391 June 1997 8,690 September 1997 8,967 December 1997 10,542 March 1998 11,360 April 1998 11,422 May 1998 11,517 June 1998 11,834 July 1998 11,804 August 1998 11,791 September 1998 11,615 October 1998 11,382 November 1998 11,347 December 1998 11,359 January 1999 11,172 February 1999 10,475 March 1999 9,967 April 1999 9,961 May 1999 9,980 June 1999 9,824 July 1999 9,488 August 1999 9,465 September 1999 9,395 October 1999 9,372 November 1999 9,483 December 1999 9,851 January 2000 10,233 February 2000 10,416 March 2000 9,865 April 2000 9,953 May 2000 9,823 June 2000 10,154 July 2000 9,703 August 2000 9.405 September 2000 9,486 October 2000 9,375 November 2000 9,050 December 2000 9,466 January 2001 9,282 February 2001 9,288 March 2001 8,894 April 2001 8,853 May 2001 8,868 June 2001 8,850 July 2001 8,898 August 2001 8,917 September 2001 8,968 October 2001 8,657 November 2001 8,787 December 2001 9,228 January 2002 9,198 February 2002 9,646 March 2002 9,732 April 2002 9,874 May 2002 9,986 June 2002 9,838 July 2002 9,928 August 2002 9,804 Source:
Department of Health form KHO7 and Monthly Monitoring
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