Written question asked by Jackie Ballard (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 20 October 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 October 2000. It was answered by John Denham (Labour) on Monday, 30 October 2000 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many out-patients were waiting for treatment for more than six months in each of the last 10 years in (a) the Taunton constituency and (b) Somerset Health Authority. - Inc table.

Answer: Jackie Ballard: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many out-patients were waiting for treatment for more than six months in each of the last 10 years in (a) the Taunton constituency and (b) Somerset Health Authority. [134316] Mr. Denham: The numbers of patients from Somerset Health Authority waiting more than twenty six weeks for an outpatient appointment are shown in the table. This information was not collected prior to March 1998. It is not possible to provide the information at a constituency level. Outpatients still waiting 26 plus weeks _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Somerset HA March 1998 566 March 1999 1,068 March 2000 1,149 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: QM08, QM08R quarterly returns

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 355 c241W; 134316
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Hospitals Out-patients Waiting lists Somerset Somerset Health Authority
Contains statistics: Yes
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