§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people are waiting for cataract operations in each trust within the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority area; [131400]
513W(2) what the latest average waiting time is for cataract operations in each trust within the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority area. [131401]
§ Ms Rosie Winterton[holding answers 14 October 2003]: The Department does not hold any data on cataracts, as only specialty based data are collected centrally.
However, ophthalmology data as a whole for trusts in the Thames Valley Health Authority area are shown in the table.
Patients waiting for ophthalmology elective in-patient admission: position at 31 June 2003: NHS trusts within Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority Trust code Trust name Total number of patients waiting for admission Averge (median) waiting time in months 5DK Newbury and Community PCT 256 3.38 RBF Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust 0 n/a RD7 Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust 0 n/a RD8 Milton Keynes General NHS Trust 229 2.02 RHW Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospital NHS Trust 2,844 3.89 RTH The Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust 1,719 3.02 RXQ Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust 1,009 2.47 source:
Department of Health form K H07.