§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average number of patients on(a) inpatient and (b) day case waiting lists was in Crosby in each year since 1997; and what the percentage change was in each year. [164308]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information is not collected on a constituency basis but at national health service trust level. This information is shown in the table.
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§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were waiting for cataract surgery in Crosby for more than(a) three, (b) six and (c) nine months in each year since 1997: and what the percentage change was in each case in each year. [164309]
In-patient elective waiting list for ophthalmology from 1996–97 to 2003–04 Patients waiting for admission by months waiting
Percentage change Year/Name Three months and over
Six months and over
Nine months and over
Three months and over
Six months and over
Nine months and over
1996–97 Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust 586 291 64 — — — Southport and Formby NHS Trust 908 527 270 — — — 1997–98 Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust 572 217 46 -2 -25 -28 Southport and Formby NHS Trust 919 659 430 1 25 59 1998–99 Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust 608 359 177 6 65 285 Southport and Formby NHS Trust 637 345 111 -31 -48 -74 1999–2000 Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust 792 436 156 30 21 -12 Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust 627 360 147 -2 4 32 2000–01 Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust 555 274 56 -30 -37 -64 Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust 695 322 137 11 -11 -7 2001–02 Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust 350 162 25 -37 -41 -55 Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust 630 358 135 -9 11 -1 2002–03 Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust 262 71 8 -25 -56 -68 Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust 615 328 76 -2 -8 -44 2003–04 Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust 140 27 0 -47 -62 -100 Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust 199 24 0 -68 -93 -100 Notes: 1. Southport and Formby NHS Trust (REQ) and West Lancashire NHS Trust (RJV) merged to form Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust (RVY). 2. West Lancashire NHS Trust had no reported data for ophthalmology. Source: Department of Health form KH07.
§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the performance of health authorities in Crosby in meeting out-patient access targets since 1997. [164310]
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Waiting times for first out-patient appointment, March 1997 to December 2003 GP written referral requests not yet seen, who have been waiting (weeks)
Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust (REM)
Southport and Formby Hospitals Services
NHS Trust (REQ)
West Lancashire NHS Trust (RJV)
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital
NHS Trust (RVY)
Quarter 13 to < 26 26 > 13 to < 26 26 > 13 to < 26 26 > 13 to < 26 26 > March 1997 1,266 49 840 0 426 222 — — June 1997 1,162 53 1,736 4 404 180 — — September 1997 1,151 102 976 0 558 215 — — December 1997 1,499 124 1,248 1 656 201 — — March 1998 1,607 173 1,215 39 577 288 — — June 1998 1,554 198 1,137 303 835 275 — — September 1998 2,062 118 1,303 378 1,030 312 — — December 1998 2,330 238 1,178 392 1,035 350 — — March 1999 2,237 557 805 434 662 417 — — June 1999 2,151 1,183 — — — — 1,465 848 September 1999 2,062 1,340 — — — — 1,712 435 December 1999 2,146 1,421 — — — — 1,757 481 March 2000 1,450 1,346 — — — — 2,088 24 June 2000 2,352 1,413 — — — — 2,459 82
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information is not collected on a constituency basis but at national health service trust level. This information is shown in the table.
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information is not collected on a constituency basis but as National Health Service trust level. This information is shown in the table.
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Waiting times for first out-patient appointment, March 1997 to December 2003 GP written referral requests not yet seen, who have been waiting (weeks)
Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust (REM)
Southport and Formby Hospitals Services
NHS Trust (REQ)
West Lancashire NHS Trust (RJV)
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital
NHS Trust (RVY)
Quarter 13 to < 26 26 > 13 to < 26 26 > 13 to < 26 26 > 13 to < 26 26 > September 2000 2,167 1,257 — — — — 1,887 21 December 2000 1,101 1,059 — — — — 1,671 36 March 2001 971 977 — — — — 1,198 310 June 2001 920 833 — — — — 1,948 611 September 2001 1,056 355 — — — — 1,867 318 December 2001 1,022 245 — — — — 1,326 112 March 2002 966 0 — — — — 822 0
13 to < 17 17 to < 21 21 to < 26 26 > Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust (REM) June 2002 459 218 14 0 September 2002 628 96 26 0 December 2002 468 34 1 0 March 2003 326 111 0 0 June 2003 567 213 0 0 September 2003 646 165 0 0 December 2003 344 0 0 0 Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust (RVY) June 2002 808 280 51 0 September 2002 701 248 59 0 December 2002 604 119 2 0 March 2003 416 109 0 0 June 2003 627 68 0 0 September 2003 636 103 0 0 December 2003 431 0 0 0 Note: Southport and Formby Hospitals Services NHS Trust and West Lancashire NHS Trust merged to form Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust. < less than and > more than QM08 return revised to give smaller timebands
Source: Department of Health form QM08.
§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in Crosby(a) were admitted, treated and discharged within four hours of arrival in accident and emergency departments and (b) had four to 12 hour trolley waits, in each year since 1997. [164357]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonInformation is not collected on a constituency basis but at national health service trust level. This information is shown in the following table.
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Total time spent in A&E from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge, Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust (REM)
Major A&E (Type 1 only) All A&E/MIU/WIC Type 1, 2, 3)
Quarter Total attendances
Percentage of patients
who spent
less than 4
hours in A&E
Total attendances
Percentage of patients
who spent
less than 4
hours in A&E
2002–03 2 19,630 52 — — 2002–03 3 18,931 59 — — 2002–03 4 18,360 75.4 — — 2003–04 1 20,106 77.4 20,106 77.4 2003–04 2 21,348 90.8 21,348 90.8 2003–04 3 19,016 85.0 19,016 85.0 Source: Department of Health dataset QMAE
§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) cancelled urgent operations and (b) last minute cancelled operations there were in Crosby in each year since 1997. [164358]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonData are not collected on the number of cancelled urgent operations. However, quarterly data are collected on the number of operations cancelled by the hospital for non-clinical reasons.
Cancelled operations data are collected nationally and by National Health Service Trust and strategic health authority level. This information is available in the Library and on the Department's website at www.performance.doh.gov.uk/hospitalactivity
§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of(a) ambulance emergency responses were within eight minutes and (b) urgent ambulance responses to general practitioners requests were within 15 minutes in Crosby in each year since 1997. [164359]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonData are collected for ambulance trusts from 1998 when each ambulance service introduced call prioritisation. The information requested is available in the Library and can be found on the Department's website at www.publications.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0313.htm.