HC Deb 21 May 2004 vol 421 cc1270-1W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes there have been to NHS waiting list times in the last seven years for the residents of Burnley. [167953]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Information on national health service waiting list times is not gathered on a constituency basis. The tables show information based on NHS organisations serving the Burnley area.

Tom Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what medical treatment there is the longest waiting time for(a) consultation and (b) treatment at NHS hospitals within the Greater London area. [173078]

Mr. Hutton

The treatment area with the longest wait to receive a first out-patient appointment with a consultant within the five London strategic health authorities (SHAs) is clinical immunology and allergy.

Of a selection of common, elective, surgical operations, the one with the longest average wait to receive admitted treatment within the five London SHAs is knee replacement.