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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Tony Clarke: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in the Northampton, South constituency, or the nearest relevant unit of population were waiting for NHS operations for longer than (a) 18 months, (b) 15 months, (c) 12 months, (d) nine months and (e) six months in each of the last 10 years. [186578] Dr. Ladyman: The information requested is shown in the table. Patients waiting for elective admission: Provider based _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total number of Patients waiting for admission by months waiting patients Month end/Organisation waiting for 6-8 months 9-11 months 12-14 months 15-17 months Over 18 months admission March 1996 Kettering General 5,991 889 424 15 1 0 Hospital National Health Service Trust Northampton General 4,707 380 180 78 4 0 Hospital NHS Trust March 1997 Kettering General 6,432 1,106 640 0 0 0 Hospital NHS Trust Northampton General 5,796 783 424 191 28 0 Hospital NHS Trust March 1998 Kettering General 7,492 1,141 715 201 100 0 Hospital NHS Trust Northampton General 7,225 1,056 702 421 149 0 Hospital NHS Trust March 1999 Kettering General 5,910 863 543 245 8 0 Hospital NHS Trust Northampton General 7,088 1,051 827 399 119 0 Hospital NHS Trust March 2000 Kettering General 5,818 750 362 235 77 0 Hospital NHS Trust Northampton General 6,713 909 718 467 238 0 Hospital NHS Trust March 2001 Kettering General 5,944 727 360 151 28 0 Hospital NHS Trust Northampton General 6,484 809 537 288 114 0 Hospital NHS Trust March 2002 Kettering General 5,522 771 402 176 0 0 Hospital NHS Trust Northampton General 6,759 1,016 600 403 0 0 Hospital NHS Trust March 2003 Kettering General 5,515 939 222 0 0 0 Hospital NHS Trust Northampton General 7,323 1,135 694 0 0 0 Hospital NHS Trust March 2004 Kettering General 4,435 536 0 0 0 0 Hospital NHS Trust Northampton General 5,982 702 0 0 0 0 Hospital NHS Trust Total number of patients Patients waiting for admission by months waiting Organisation waiting for admission 6-8 months 9-11 months Over 12 months Daventry and South 19 0 0 0 Northamptonshire PCT Kettering General Hospital 4,420 467 0 0 NHS Trust Northampton General Hospital 5,625 804 0 0 NHS Trust _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

424 c1099-100W; 186578

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Hospitals NHS Waiting lists Surgery Northampton

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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