Written question asked by Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 1 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 February 2005. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 February 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients (a) in total and (b) per 1,000 of population are on inpatient waiting lists in (i) the Guildford and Waverley Primary Care Trust area, (ii) the Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority area and (iii) England. - Table given.

Answer: Sue Doughty: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients (a) in total and (b) per 1,000 of population are on in-patient waiting lists in (i) the Guildford and Waverley primary care trust area, (ii) the Surrey and Sussex strategic health authority area and (iii) England. [214198] Mr. Hutton: The information requested is shown in the table. In-patient waiting list per 1000 population, November 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Organisation In-patient waiting list List per 1,000 population Guilford and Waverley primary care trust 3,523 15.12 Surrey and Sussex strategic health authority 42,535 16.83 England 832,472 16.87 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Commissioner based monthly waiting time return. 2. Population figures are based on general practitioner lists in April 2003 and have been constrained to the Office for National Statistics 2001 census based mid-year 2002 population estimates.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 430 c1626-7W; 214198
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Hospitals Patients Waiting lists South East Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority Guildford and Waverley Primary Care Trust Sussex Surrey
Contains statistics: Yes
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