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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have waited for more than one year for (a) in-patient and (b) out-patient treatment at the Good Hope hospital, Sutton Coldfield, in each month in each of the last five years. [16782] Mr. Hutton: The national health service does not collect information on the number of out-patients waiting over one year. The NHS however does collect routinely the number of outpatients waiting over 26 weeks (six months). In-patient monthly data have only been collected since April 1998. Prior to this they were only available quarterly. Out-patient data have not collected on a monthly basis being only available by trust quarterly. In-patient and out-patient data for Good Hope hospital national health service trust _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Month Number of in-patient over 12 month waiters Number of out-patient over 26 week waiters 1996 September 0 n/a December 0 202 1997 March 5 18 June 5 42 September 70 47 December 180 127 1998 March 201 145 April 97 n/a May n/a n/a June 92 120 July 100 n/a August 76 n/a September 69 126 October 90 n/a November 99 n/a December 130 98 1999 January 154 n/a February 150 n/a March 139 107 June 163 n/a April 206 n/a May 198 177 July 211 n/a August 200 n/a September 215 185 October 202 n/a November 210 n/a December 263 186 2000 January 266 n/a February 191 n/a March 172 36 April 169 n/a May 164 n/a June 168 77 July 160 n/a August 140 n/a September 117 121 October 119 n/a November 112 n/a December 132 120 2001 January 188 n/a February 213 n/a March 190 143 April 203 n/a May 165 n/a June 181 213 July 213 n/a August 202 n/a September 152 135 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Data on the number of out-patients waiting over 12 months are not collected 2. Out-patient data shown are number of patients still waiting for a first out-patient appointment following GP referral who have waited over 26 weeks (six months) Source: KH07, QM08 quarterly returns, monthly waiting times returns-- Department of Health

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

16782; 375 c1197-8W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Hospitals NHS Patients Out-patients Waiting lists Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust Good Hope Hospital

Contains statistics

Yes

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