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Written question asked by Lord Lansley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 December 2005. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 January 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Health Committee Evidence

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to question 172 of the oral evidence from Mr. John Bacon to the Health Committee on 1 December 2005, HC736-i, on public expenditure on health and personal social services, how many patients were waiting over (a) six months for in-patient treating and (b) 13 weeks for out-patient treatment in each week since 30 September.
Answer

The information requested is shown in the table. It is important to note that this weekly provider data are not subject to the same validation process as the monthly and quarterly commissioner data published by the Department and is therefore not as robust.

Number of patients waiting for in-patient and out-patient treatment
Week ending Over six month in-patient waits Over 13 week out-patient waits
25 September 2005 39,635 50,462
2 October 2005 36,119 43,666
9 October 2005 35,476 45,300
16 October 2005 34,001 44,402
23 October 2005 31,241 39,708
30 October 2005 27,473 33,769
6 November 2005 26,112 32,995
13 November 2005 24,781 32,253
20 November 2005 21,587 28,668
27 November 2005 17,084 22,059
4 December 2005 12,962 13,529
Note: Figures included Welsh patients waiting at a hospital in England. Source: Provider based weekly monitoring data

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
36481; 441 c725-6W
Session
2005-06
Related items
Subjects
Hospitals Out-patients Waiting lists
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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