HC Deb 30 January 2003 vol 398 c1014W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust area were waiting for in-patient treatment on the latest available date. [92067]

Jacqui Smith

As at 10 January 2003, the number of patients waiting for in-patient and day case treatment at the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust was 9,322.

David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people waited 13 weeks or more for an outpatient appointment in Hull and the East Riding in each of the last three quarters for which figures are available. [92912]

Jacqui Smith

The information requested is shown in the table.

Waiting times for first out-patient appointment, NHS trusts and
PCTs within North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
StHA area—provider based—number of GP written referral
requests seen during the quarter who waited 13 weeks or more
Code Name March 2002 June 2002 Sept 2002
RWA Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 5,727 3,950 4,634

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