Eligibility Criteria (Hansard, 19 April 2004)

§ Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 24 March 2004,Official

Average number of patients waiting for elective admission, selected NHS trusts, 1996–97 to 2003–04
	Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust	Southport and Formby Hospitals Services NHS Trust	West Lancashire NHS Trust	Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
	Ordinary in-patient	Day case	Ordinary in-patient	Day case	Ordinary in-patient	Day case	Ordinary in-patient	Day case
Average number waiting
1996–97	4,953	5,109	1,340	2,678	937	1,309	—	—
1997–98	4,163	5,287	1,466	2,745	1,046	1,363	—	—
1998–99	3,790	4,610	1,270	2,557	1,199	1,423	—	—
1999–2000	3,514	4,948	—	—	—	—	2,446	3,595
2000–01	3,485	4,515	—	—	—	—	2,389	3,320
2001–02	3,118	3,922	—	—	—	—	2,415	3,064
2002–03	2,770	3,613	—	—	—	—	2,229	2,812
2003–04 (three quarters data)	2,236	3,846	—	—	—	—	1,956	2,883
Percentage change
1996–97	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	-16	3	9	2	12	4	—	—
1998–99	-9	-13	-13	-7	15	4	—	—
1999–2000	-7	7	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	-1	-9	—	—	—	—	-2	-8
2001–02	-11	-13	—	—	—	—	1	-8
2002–03	-11	-8	—	—	—	—	-8	-8
2003–04 (three quarters data)	-19	6	—	—	—	—	-12	3
Notes:
1. Southport and Formby Hospitals Services NHS Trust and West Lancashire NHS Trust merged to form Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust.
2. Waiting times data are collected quarterly. The average number waiting has been calculated by adding the totals for each quarter and dividing by four.
3. Only three quarters data are available for 2003–04.
Source:
Department of Health form KH07.

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