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Written question asked by Clive Betts (Labour) on Thursday, 7 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 May 2009. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Thursday, 14 May 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Hospitals: Waiting Lists

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for Sheffield residents for admissions to hospital for treatment following GP referral (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available, by speciality.
Answer

The information is not available in the format requested. Referral to treatment data is only available from January 2007 onwards. The following table shows the median waiting times for completed patient pathways for admitted patients in the Sheffield Primary Care Trust area, from January 2007 to February 2009.

Treatment function January 2007 February 2009
General surgery 19.0 7.3
Urology 17.8 8.8
Trauma and orthopaedics 31.7 10.9
Ear, nose and throat 32.0 9.0
Ophthalmology 23.7 7.3
Oral surgery 23.0 10.0
Neurosurgery n/a 9.8
Plastic surgery 16.8 8.0
Cardiothoracic surgery n/a 8.8
General medicine n/a n/a
Gastroenterology 7.8 1.9
Cardiology 16.0 8.8
Dermatology 11.5 10.0
Thoracic medicine n/a n/a
Neurology n/a n/a
Rheumatology n/a n/a
Geriatric medicine n/a n/a
Gynaecology 25.0 6.0
Other 16.4 6.6
Total 21.9 7.8
Note:
Where there were fewer than 20 completed pathways for the given treatment function, a median has not been calculated. These cells have been marked with a value of not applicable (n/a). Data for January 2007 is given on an unadjusted basis, whereas data for February is given on an adjusted basis.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
492 c988W; 274813
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Hospitals Waiting lists Sheffield
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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