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Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average wait for operations on the NHS in Wirral, South was in(a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) the last year for which figures are available. [222682]Miss Melanie Johnson: The information is not available in the format requested. However, information relating to the WirralHospitals National Health Service Trust is shown in the table.Method of admission: elective (waiting list and booked cases). Mean and median time waited (days) for all operations. WirralHospitals NHS Trust 1997-98, 2001-02, 2003-04_________________________________________________________________________________________________.DaysAverage waiting time Median waiting time1997-98 69 412001-02 81 452003-04 90 48_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Notes: 1. The main operation is the first recorded operation in the hospital episode statistics (HES) data set and is usually themost resource intensive procedure performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main operation when looking at admissiondetails eg time waited but the figures for "all operations count of episodes" give a more complete count of episodes with anoperation. 2. A finished in-year admission is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcareprovider, excluding admissions beginning before 1 April at the start of the datayear. Please note that admissions do notrepresent the number of in- patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. 3. Time waited statistics fromHES are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides count and time waited for all patients admitted tohospital within a given period whereas the published waiting list statistics count those waiting for treatment on a specific dateand how long they have been on the waiting list. Also HES, calculates the time waited as the difference between the admission anddecision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self- deferrals or periods ofmedical/social suspension. 4. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (ie the data are ungrossed). Source: HES,Department of Health. <te |