§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for eye operations in Liverpool was in(a) 1997 and (b) 2003. [166948]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested is shown in the table.
In-patients waiting time, waiting list and booked cases combined median waiting time in days for selected primary operations by selected trust in national health service hospitals in England 1997–98 and 2002–03—Eye Operations (C01–C86 OPCS 4R) Finished in-year admissions Mean Median Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust 1997–98 2,080 38 25 2002–03 2,824 102 68 Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospital NHS Trust 1997–98 5,156 106 61 2002–03 4,555 137 81 Notes:
1. Time waited statistics from hospital episode statistics (HES) are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides counts and time waited for all patients admitted to hospital within a given period whereas the published waiting list statistics count 1703W those waiting for treatment on a specific date and how long they have been on the waiting list. Also, HES calculates the time waited as the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self-deferrals or periods of medical/social suspension.
2. The main operation is the first recorded operation in the HES data set and is usually the most resource intensive procedure performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main operation when looking at admission details e.g. time waited, but the figures for "all operations count of episodes" give a more complete count of episodes with an operation.
Patients Waiting for elective in-patient admission Patients waiting for admission by months waiting Month-end Total number of patients waiting for admission Less than 3 months 3–5 months 6–8 months 9–11 months 12–14 months 15–17 months 18+ months March 1997 Central Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 12,313 5,778 2,622 1,920 1,223 616 133 21 March 1997 Manchester Children's Hospitals NHS Trust 2,801 952 728 528 510 79 4 — March 1998 Central Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 12,531 5,813 2,454 1,676 1,217 885 486 — March 1998 Manchester Children's Hospitals NHS Trust 3,260 985 908 617 666 74 10 — March 1999 Central Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 11,266 5,654 2,191 1,614 975 622 210 — March 1999 Manchester Children's Hospitals NHS Trust 2,742 849 753 542 472 118 8 — March 2000 Central Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 11,040 5,026 2,489 1,703 1,039 533 250 — March 2000 Manchester Children's Hospitals NHS Trust 2,639 801 687 523 370 218 40 — March 2001 Central Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 10,742 5,056 2,432 1,451 826 606 371 — March 2001 Manchester Children's Hospitals NHS Trust 2,634 831 603 552 373 231 44 — March 2002 Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust 13,213 6,028 3,333 2,136 1,216 500 — — March 2003 Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust 10,822 5,605 2,832 1,701 684 61 0 0 February 2004 Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS 9,176 6,487 2,316 373 — — — — Source: DH form K H07 and Monthly Monitoring
§ Mr. MealeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many NHS patients waited for more than six months for operations within Nottinghamshire health authorities areas in each year since 1997; [173522]
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Health authorities (HAs) of treatment—North Nottinghamshire HA and Nottingham HA. Method of admission—elective (waiting list and hooked cases). Counts of finished in-year admission episodes with and operation by time waited grouping national health service hospitals, England 1998–99 to 2002–031 North Nottinghamshire HA Nottingham HA 0 to 6 months 6 to 9 months more than 9 months 0 to 6 months 6 to 9 months more than 9 months 1997–98 21,356 2,486 2,089 54,469 3,713 6,145 1998–99 22,470 2,320 2,507 56,961 3,573 5,701 1999–2000 21,666 1,871 1,784 54,750 2,630 4,614 2000–01 18,949 1,899 2,008 43,361 2,648 5,202 2001–02 11,094 1,159 2,120 42,490 3,116 4,308 2002–031 10,469 1,298 2,993 42,060 4,524 5,022 12002–03 figures based on 2001–02 Has. Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.
§ Mr. StringerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes there have been in NHS waiting list times for the residents of(a) Manchester, Blackley and (b) the City of Manchester in the last seven years. [175011]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information is not collected on a constituency basis but at national health service trust level. Data for the relevant NHS trusts is shown in the table.
(2) how many NHS patients waited more than nine months for operations within Nottinghamshire health authority areas in each year since 1997. [173551]
§ Dr. LadymanThe information requested is shown in the table.
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1. A finished in-year admission is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider, excluding admissions beginning before 1 April at the start of the data-year. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
2. All operations count of episodes—these figures represent a count of all finished consultant episodes—a procedure was mentioned in any of the 12 (four prior to 2002–03) operation fields in a HES record. A record is included only once in each count, even if an operation is mentioned in more than one operation field of the record.
3. Time waited statistics from hospital episode statistics (HES) are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides counts and time waited for all patients admitted to hospital within a given period, whereas the published waiting list statistics count those waiting for treatment on a specific date and how long they have been on the waiting list. Also, HES calculates the time waited as the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self-deferrals or periods of medical/social suspension.
4. Figures are grossed for both coverage and missing/invalid clinical data, except for 2001–02 and 2002–03, which are not yet adjusted for shortfalls.
Source:
HES, Department of Health.