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Written question asked by David Heyes (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 October 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 October 2011. It was answered by Simon Burns (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 November 2011 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Waiting Lists: Ashton under Lyne

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people waited over six months for NHS treatment in Ashton-under-Lyne constituency in each year since 1997.
Answer

Information on the number of patients waiting over six months for in-patient admission at the primary care trusts (PCTs) and heath authorities (HAs) covering the Ashton under Lyne constituency from March 1997 to March 2010 is shown in the following table.

Number of patients still waiting over six months at month end
As at March each year Oldham PCT Tameside and Glossop PCT West Pennine HA
1997 — — 3,490
1998 — — 3,829
1999 — — 2,348
2000 — — 2,236
2001 — — 1,939
2002 — — 1,940
2003 801 763 —
2004 398 177 —
2005 193 45 —
2006 0 0 —
2007 0 0 —
2008 0 0 —
2009 0 0 —
2010 0 1 —
Notes:
1. Since 2006, figures reflect number of patients waiting over 26 weeks.
2. Data on in-patient waiting lists not collected after March 2010.
3. Due to boundary changes in 2006 West Pennine HA became Oldham PCT and Tameside and Glossop PCT
Source:
Department of Health KH07, monthly monitoring return.

Information on the number of patients waiting over six months for first out-patient appointment following general practitioner referral at the PCTs and HAs covering the Ashton under Lyne constituency from March 1997 to March 2010 is shown in the following table.

Number of patients still waiting over 26 weeks at month end
Month ending Oldham PCT Tameside and Glossop PCT West Pennine HA
June 1997 — — 600
March 1998 — — 1401
March 1999 — — 2,749
March 2000 — — 1433
March 2001 — — 449
March 2002 — — 0
March 2003 0 0 —
March 2004 0 0 —
March 2005 0 0 —
March 2006 0 0 —
March 2007 n/a n/a —
March 2008 n/a n/a —
March 2009 n/a n/a —
March 2010 n/a n/a —
Notes:
1. Data on out-patient waiting lists not collected after March 2010.
2. Number waiting over 26 weeks not available after March 2006.
Source:
Department of Health QM08

In addition, since 2007, waiting times on a referral to treatment (RTT) basis have been published. Information on the number of patients who waited over 26 weeks on an admitted RTT pathway at PCTs and HAs covering the Ashton under Lyne constituency in each year between 2008 and 2011 is shown in the following table.

Number of admitted patients who waited 26 weeks or more from RTT
Financial year Oldham PCT Tameside and Glossop PCT
2008-09 1,204 1,200
2009-10 1,034 942
2010-11 1,696 1,224
Note:
Data shown for whole financial year.
Source:
Department of Health RTT return

Information on the number of patients who waited over 26 weeks on a non-admitted RTT pathway at PCTs and HAs covering the Ashton under Lyne constituency in each year between 2008 and 2011 is shown in the following table.

Number of non-admitted patients who waited 26 weeks or more from RTT
Financial year Oldham PCT Tameside and Glossop PCT
2008-09 2,336 3,712
2009-10 960 2,090
2010-11 1,292 2,254
Note:
Data shown for whole financial year.
Source:
Department of Health RTT return

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
77393; 534 c544-5W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Hospitals Waiting lists Ashton-under-Lyne
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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