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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what waiting-time information he collates on consultant referrals to pain management services. [140575] Mr. Hutton :[holding answer 1 December 2003]: The Department does not collect waiting time information on referral from consultant to pain management service. The Department does collect waiting time information on written referral from general practitioner to first out- patient appointment with a pain management consultant, and for patients waiting for elective admission where the main specialty is pain management. Latest published information for England on these two areas is shown in the tables. Patients waiting for 1st consultant out-patient appointment following G(D)P referral: England: Quarter 2 2003-04: Provider based _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Not yet seen at end of quarter who have been waiting (weeks) 13to 17 859 17 to 21 261 21 to 26 0 26 and over 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Department of Health form QM08. Patients waiting for elective in-patient admission and elective in-patient admission events: England: Quarter 2 2003-04: Provider based _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Patients waiting for admission by months waiting Admission type Total number of Less than 3 months 3-5 months 6-8 months 9-11 months patients waiting for admission Ordinary 264 155 79 27 3 Day case 6,921 4,752 1,523 535 111 Admission type Decisions to Admissions Failed to attend Removals Self deferrals Suspensions admit Ordinary 442 414 6 81 23 6 Day case 8,589 7,250 341 1,167 552 211 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Department of Health forms KH07, KH06 and KH07A.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

140575; 415 c316W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Hospitals Medical treatments Pain Waiting lists

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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