Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 16 January 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 January 2001. It was answered by John Denham (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 January 2001 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 the (a) Sutton and Cheam constituency and (b) Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Burstow: 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 the (a) Sutton and Cheam constituency and (b) Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority. [146378] Mr. Denham: The data requested are not held by constituency. Data on outpatients were not collected prior to 1997. The number of patients waiting longer than six months for a first outpatient appointment resulting from a general practitioner referral in Merton Sutton and Wandsworth as at 31 March is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of patients waiting 1997-98 185 1998-99 1,014 1999-2000 1,273 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 146378; 361 c599W;361 c601-2W
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Hospitals Out-patients Waiting lists Sutton Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority
Contains statistics: Yes
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