Written question asked by Dan Norris (Labour) on Thursday, 30 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 November 2003. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 November 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for patients from Bath and North East Somerset was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003 for (i) cancer treatment and (ii) heart operations. - Inc ref to http://www.doh.gov.uk/waitingtimes.

Answer: Dan Norris: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for patients from Bath and North East Somerset was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003 for (i) cancer treatment and (ii) heart operations. [136327] Ms Rosie Winterton: Information for 1997 is not available. Specific information on heart operations is collected from patients waiting over nine months at the end of the quarter. At quarter ending September 2003, there were no patients waiting over nine months within the Bath and North East Somerset primary care trust area. Trust level data on waiting times for cancer treatment for quarter ending September 2003 are published at: http ://www.doh.gov.uk/waitingtimes

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 136327; 413 c856W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Cancer Health services Heart diseases Medical treatments Waiting lists Somerset Bath
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk