Hospital Waiting Lists/Times (Hansard, 30 January 2003)

§ 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

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