Written question asked by Ashok Kumar (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 July 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 October 2000. It was answered by John Denham (Labour) on Monday, 23 October 2000 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are awaiting cardiac surgery in (a) Teesside Region and (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland; and if he will make a statement. - Includes figure.

Answer: Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients are awaiting cardiac surgery in (a) Teeside Region and (b) Middlesborough, South and Cleveland East; and if he will make a statement. [130502] Mr. Denham: At the end of March 2000, 291 patients in the Tees Health Authority area were waiting for elective admission to a consultant whose main speciality is cardiothoracic surgery. Cardiothoracic surgery includes heart and lung surgery. The information is not collected at constituency level.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 355 c77W; 130502
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Health services Heart diseases Medical treatments Waiting lists Tees Valley Middlesbrough
Contains statistics: Yes
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