HC Deb 19 June 2003 vol 407 c444W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area were waiting for in-patient treatment in the most recent month for which he has statistics. [118905]

Ms Rosie Winterton

[holding answer 12 June]: There were 8,634 patients waiting for in-patient treatment at Mid-Essex Hospital Services National Health Service Trust at the end of April 2003.

Source:

Department of Health Monthly Monitoring Figures

Shona McIsaac

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in(a) North East Lincolnshire PCT and (b) North Lincolnshire PCT waited over 12 months for an operation in each quarter from 31 March 2002. [119111]

Dr. Ladyman

The information requested is shown in the table.

Primary Care Trust (PCT)
Quarter ended North East Lincolnshire PCT North Lincolnshire PCT
June 2002 5 4
September 2002 1 1
December 2002 1 1
March 2003 0 0

Source:

Department of Health Form Q FOI (Commissioner based hospital waiting list statistics)

Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the most recent quarter's statistics on accident and emergency waiting times will be available. [116878]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The release date for accident and emergency activity for the period January to March 2003, is 20 June. Release dates for quarterly information on accident and emergency services are announced in national statistics updates—the release dates diary for national statistics—available at: http:// www.nationalstatistics.org.uk/pdfdir/updates.pdf