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Dept of Health

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Mr. Hendrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes there have been to NHS waiting list time in the last seven years for the residents of Preston. [168101] Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested is not collected on a constituency basis. The information shown in the table relates to the national health service organisations serving the Preston area. In-patient waiting lists by provider _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Patients waiting for admission by month waiting Unit name Total 0-2 Not 3-5 Not 6-8 Not 9-11 Not 12-14 Not 15-17 Not 18+ Not seen seen seen seen seen seen seen 1996-97 Preston 8,970 4,137 2,352 1,445 1,000 18 15 3 Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 1996-97 Chorley 1,857 1,079 463 249 66 0 0 -- and South Ribble NHS Trust 1997-98 Preston 8,500 4,079 1,969 1,334 787 257 74 0 Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 1997-98 Chorley 2,121 1,299 537 183 102 0 0 -- and South Ribble NHS Trust 1998-99 Preston 7,602 4,154 1,729 1,043 544 132 0 0 Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 1998-99 Chorley 2,051 1,126 527 248 132 17 1 -- and South Ribble NHS Trust 1999-2000 Preston 7,025 4,110 1,701 853 359 2 0 0 Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 1999-2000 Chorley 1,967 1,228 453 186 90 10 0 -- and South Ribble NHS Trust 2000-01 Preston 8,926 5,559 1,987 1,002 378 0 0 0 Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 2001-02 Preston 8,891 5,565 2,055 995 276 0 0 0 Acute Hospitals NHS Trust March 2003 Lancashire 8,445 5,473 2,096 711 165 0 0 0 Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust March 2004 Lancashire 8,275 5,527 2,123 625 0 0 0 0 Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Department of Health KH07 Out-patient provider waiting list data _________________________________________________________________________________________________. GP Referral to consultant waiting list in weeks Name Not seen 13 to 25 Not seen 26 plus 1996-97 Preston Acute Hospitals NHS 281 19 Trust 1996-97 Chorley and South Ribble NHS 941 13 Trust 1997-98 Preston Acute Hospitals NHS 761 110 Trust 1997-98 Chorley and South Ribble NHS 1,113 235 Trust T998-99 Preston Acute Hospitals NHS 1,563 443 Trust 1998-99 Chorley and South Ribble NHS 1,503 714 Trust 1999-2000 Preston Acute Hospitals NHS 1,039 284 Trust 1999-2000 Chorley and South Ribble NHS 855 187 Trust 2000-01 Preston Acute Hospitals NHS 1,904 287 Trust 2001-02 Preston Acute Hospitals NHS 1,653 -- Trust Date Name Not seen 13-17 Not seen 17-21 Not seen 21-26 Not seen 26March 2003 Lancashire Teaching 819 157 0 0 Hospitals NHS Trust 2004 Lancashire Teaching 686 0 0 0 Hospitals NHS Trust _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was established 1 August 2002 from the acute services of Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust and Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. For 2001 and 2002, data for both trusts was reported under Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Source: Department of Health QM08.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

168101; 421 c970-2W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Hospitals NHS Waiting lists Preston

Contains statistics

Yes

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