Written question asked by Nigel Evans (Conservative) on Monday, 26 February 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 28 February 2007. It was answered by Andy Burnham (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 March 2007 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Royal Preston Hospital: Waiting Lists

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for (a) inpatient, (b) day cases and (c) outpatient appointments in Royal Preston hospital in each year since 1992.

Answer

The information requested is shown in the table.

Median waiting time (weeks)
Organisation	Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust
Year	Month	Inpatient ordinary admission	Inpatient daycase admission	First outpatient appointment
1994	March	19.6	7.7	6.5
1995	March	11.4	8.6	7.3
1996	March	12.4	7.9	7.6
1997	March	13.3	10.3	7.3
1998	March	12.5	10.0	8.3
1999	March	15.9	10.8	7.0
2000	March	14.1	9.1	8.9
2001	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
2002	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
2006	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
2006	December	n/a	n/a	n/a

		Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Year	Month	Inpatient ordinary admission	Inpatient daycase admission	Outpatient appointment
1994	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
1995	March	17.2	12.9	8.2
1996	March	16.2	13.1	5.6
1997	March	17.5	13.0	6.2
1998	March	17.8	11.9	7.5
1999	March	16.3	10.1	8.3
2000	March	12.9	10.0	8.0
2001	March	12.6	9.5	7.7
2002	March	12.0	9.6	8.6
2003	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
2006	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
2006	December	n/a	n/a	n/a

		Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Year	Month	Inpatient ordinary admission	Inpatient daycase admission	First outpatient appointment
1994	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
1995	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
1996	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
1997	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
1998	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
1999	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
2000	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
2001	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
2002	March	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	March	11.8	9.3	7.4
2004	March	12.0	8.9	7.0
2005	March	9.5	7.7	7.1
2006	March	9.1	7.2	6.6
2006	December	8.4	5.9	5.3
Notes:
Inpatient waiting time based on median wait of those still waiting at end of period. Outpatient waiting times based on time waited for those seen during the quarter. Prior to the financial year 2000-01, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust existed as two separate trusts—Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust and Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. In 2000-01 these trusts merged (with part of Chorley being allocated to another trust), keeping the name Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. In the financial year 2002-03, this became Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
Sources:
Department of Health, KHO7 and QMOSs

Secondary information