§ Dan NorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for patients from Bath and North East Somerset was in(a) 1997 and (b) 2003 for (i) cancer treatment and (ii) heart operations. [136327]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonInformation for 1997 is not available. Specific information on heart operations is collected from patients waiting over nine months at the end of the quarter. At quarter ending September 2003, there were no patients waiting over nine months within the Bath and North East Somerset primary care trust area. Trust level data on waiting times for cancer treatment for quarter ending September 2003 are published at: http://www.doh.gov.uk/waitingtimes