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Written question asked by Shahid Malik (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 February 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 February 2007. It was answered by Andy Burnham (Labour) on Monday, 26 February 2007 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Surgery: Dewsbury

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting times for an operation in Dewsbury constituency were between (a) 1987 and 1997 and (b) 1997 and 2006.
Answer

The information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the median waiting time for an in-patient admission in Dewsbury since 1997, for the years where data are available.

Median waiting time for an in-patient admission in Dewsbury (provider based)
Month end Organisation name Median (weeks)
1987 June Dewsbury District Health Authority 9.6
1988 March Dewsbury District Health Authority 9.8
1989 March Dewsbury District Health Authority 10.0
1990 March Dewsbury District Health Authority 9.3
1991 March Dewsbury District Health Authority 10.7
1992 March Dewsbury District Health Authority 9.7
1993 March Dewsbury District Health Authority 11.7
1994 March Dewsbury Healthcare NHS Trust n/a
1995 March Dewsbury Healthcare NHS Trust 11.2
1996 March Dewsbury Healthcare NHS Trust 12.5
1997 March Dewsbury Healthcare NHS Trust 13.2
1998 March Dewsbury Healthcare NHS Trust 12.1
1999 March Dewsbury Healthcare NHS Trust 9.2
2000 March Dewsbury Healthcare NHS Trust 9.8
2001 March Dewsbury Healthcare NHS Trust 9.5
2002 March Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 10.4
2003 March Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 12.0
2004 March Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 10.4
2005 March Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 9.8
2006 March Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 6.3
2006 December Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 6.5
Notes: 1. Dewsbury District Health Authority became Dewsbury Healthcare NHS trust in the financial year 1993-04. This merged with other trusts in the financial year 2001-02 to form Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS trust. 2. There are no data available for Dewsbury for the financial year 1993-04. Source: Department of Health, KH07.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
457 c1128-9W;457 c1112-3W; 121077
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Surgery Dewsbury
Link
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