Waiting Lists

Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table to show the current length of waiting lists at each acute hospital in Northern Ireland; and what were the comparable figures in each of the last five years.

[holding answer 27 February 1990]: The tables show for each acute hospital in Northern Ireland the total number of inpatients on waiting lists at 30 September and by time spent on list for 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989.Information on outpatient waiting lists has not been collected centrally since the introduction of Korner returns on 1 April 1988. Information relating to outpatient lists for earlier years could be extracted only at disproportionate cost.

Hospital	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
l2–23 months	16	8	25	3	—	2
+24 months	11	7	19	6	—	—
Total	86	63	80	32	13	14
Downe
0–2 months	156	130	3	28	56	37
3–5 months	49	62	—	—	3	2
6–12 months	45	63	—	—	—	—
12–23 months	35	42	—	—	—	—
+ 24 months	11	23	—	—	—	—
Total	296	320	3	38	59	39
Lagan Valley
0–2 months	166	178	97	130	72	154
3–5 months	16	59	55	70	17	47
6–12 months	2	17	8	7	7	10
12–23 months	8	—	2	1	—	—
+24 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	192	254	162	208	96	211
Mater
0–2 months	459	180	88	54	30	44
3–5 months	—	—	—	—	16	12
6–12 months	—	—	—	—	1	3
12–23 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
+24 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	459	180	88	54	47	59
Musgrave Park
0–2 months	816	834	657	792	581	399
3–5 months	595	555	520	532	943	462
6–12 months	866	695	622	758	1,102	747
12–23 months	964	730	750	663	823	830
+ 24 months	1,985	1,135	794	745	545	490
Total	5,226	3,949	3,343	3,490	3,994	2,928
R.B.H.S.C.
0–2 months	137	237	295	217	221	177
3–5 months	132	135	213	262	156	82
6–12 months	134	126	159	198	295	90
12–23 months	87	74	139	164	102	86
+ 24 months	60	82	23	71	92	149
Total	550	654	829	912	866	584
R.V.H.
0–2 months	1,294	1,224	1,875	1,495	2,000	2,060
3–5 months	749	736	1,128	944	1,156	1,087
6–12 months	925	915	1,023	1,236	1,360	1,310
12–23 months	997	920	1,126	1,279	1,474	1,351
+ 24 months	1,161	1,377	1,666	1,713	1,808	2,015
Total	5,126	5,172	6,837	6,667	7,798	7,823
Samaritan
0–2 months	136	119	—	¹	—	—
3–5 months	9	9	—	¹	—	—
6–12 months	8	5	—	¹	—	—
12–23 months	5	8	—	¹	—	—
+ 24 months	—	1	—	¹	—	—
Total	158	142	—	¹	—	—
Templemore Avenue
0–2 months	1	1	—	¹	—	—
3–5 months	—	—	—	¹	—	—
6–12 months	—	—	—	¹	—	—
12–23 months	—	—	—	¹	—	—
+ 24 months	1	—	—	¹	—	—
Total	2	1	—	¹	—	—
Ulster
0–2 months	614	688	883	714	639	511
3–5 months	268	295	380	395	260	374
6–12 months	261	298	458	461	499	359
12–23 months	460	402	435	590	534	457
+24 months	421	582	740	769	865	806
Total	2,024	2,265	2,896	2,929	2,797	2,507
Shaftesbury Square
0–2 months	—	—	—	—	4	—

Hospital	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
3–5 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
6–12 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
12–23 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
+ 24 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	0	0	0	0	4	0
¹ Closed.

Northern health and social services board Total in-patient waiting list by hospital and time waiting September 1984—September 1989
Hospital	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Braid valley
0–2 months	31	18	23	13	9	3
3–5 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
6–12 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
12–23 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
+24 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	31	18	23	13	9	3
Coleraine
0–2 months	52	76	64	55	62	93
3–5 months	86	54	29	45	22	73
6–12 months	131	87	48	45	28	9
12–23 months	85	81	58	60	39	1
+ 24 months	14	25	5	10	6
Total	368	323	204	215	157	176
Dalriada
0–2 months	2	5	2	3	9	—
3–5 months	7	2	11	3	5	—
6–12 months	9	4	13	2	2	—
12–23 months	9	9	7	15	2	—
+ 24 months	1	1	1	—	2	—
Total	28	21	34	23	20	0
Greenisland
0–2 months	25	11	21	19	12	6
3–5 months	9	4	13	5	6	1
6–12 months	14	1	7	6	7	—
12–23 months	—	—	—	1	—	—
+ 24 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	48	16	41	31	25	7
Massereene
0–2 months	40	58	16	62	9	17
3–5 months	2	—	—	11	—	29
6–12 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
12–23 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
+ 24 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	42	58	16	73	9	46
Mid-Ulster
0–2 months	15	10	18	15	54	71
3–5 months	12	18	6	4	5	25
6–12 months	21	10	9	18	—	4
12–23 months	35	28	15	10	—	—
+ 24 months	71	14	25	45	—	—
Total	154	80	73	92	59	100
Moyle
0–2 months	172	191	144	137	149	176
3–5 months	13	6	46	25	37	83
6–12 months	—	9	—	—	16	54
12–23 months	—	—	—	—	—	31
+24 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	185	206	190	162	202	344
Route
0–2 months	132	128	180	154	132	110
3–5 months	24	28	17	48	2	18
6–12 months	25	36	17	17	14	—
12–23 months	35	16	27	17	7	—
+24 months	1	1	2	2	—	—
Total	217	209	243	238	155	128

Hospital	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Waveney
0–2 months	451	303	431	425	453	381
3–5 months	110	139	195	120	146	183
6–12 months	57	157	250	208	175	236
12–23 months	62	55	117	138	212	181
+ 24 months	3	19	25	82	106	115
Total	683	673	1,018	973	1,092	1,096
Whiteabbey
0–2 months	150	151	192	148	215	244
3–5 months	16	17	12	20	28	23
6–12 months	14	—	—	—	—	4
12–23 months	4	—	—	—	—	—
+24 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	184	168	204	168	243	271

Southern health and social services board Total in-patient waiting list by hospital and time waiting September 1984—September 1989
Hospital	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Banbridge
0–2 months	52	60	52	78	97	49
3–5 months	—	—	—	—	56	10
6–12 months	—	—	—	—	35	4
12–23 months	—	—	—	—	—	2
+ 24 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	52	60	52	78	188	65
Craigavon area
0–2 months	377	464	522	476	479	462
3–5 months	91	110	126	78	86	138
6–12 months	94	114	106	67	68	81
12–23 months	86	67	49	19	35	32
+ 24 months	52	22	3	—	—	10
Total	700	777	806	640	668	723
Daisy Hill
0–2 months	123	105	182	137	127	262
3–5 months	1	—	3	—	—	—
6–12 months	5	—	—	—	—	—
12–23 months	7	—	—	—	—	—
+ 24 months	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	136	105	185	137	127	262
Lurgan
0–2 months	44	28	38	48	27	6
3–5 months	15	13	5	16	14	1
6–12 months	23	16	10	12	6	—
12–23 months	10	12	4	7	1	—
+ 24 months	17	19	10	12	4	—
Total	109	88	67	95	52	7
South Tyrone
0–2 months	208	194	185	470	335	220
3–5 months	111	95	32	154	261	123
6–12 months	122	81	75	78	345	91
12–23 months	119	107	23	8	107	66
+ 24 months	51	35	—	—	1	32
Total	611	512	315	710	1,049	532

Western health and social services board Total in-patient waiting list by hospital and time waiting September 1984—September 1989
Hospital	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Altnagelvin
0–2 months	501	538	651	619	859	854
3–5 months	198	291	288	320	432	446
6–12 months	175	241	350	384	538	439
12–23 months	97	66	163	358	401	505
+24 months	—	—	8	375	506	670
Total	971	1,136	1,460	2,056	2,736	2,914
Erne
0–2 months	109	106	160	97	109	126

Hospital	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
3–5 months	43	38	30	41	24	2
6–12 months	87	100	44	47	39	—
12–23 months	37	95	63	37	36	—
+ 24 months	4	29	33	10	—	—
Total	280	368	330	232	208	128
Roe Valley
0–2 months	96	93	37	29	27	—
3–5 months	85	67	10	29	10	—
6–12 months	127	76	93	17	19	—
12–23 months	140	290	172	28	30	—
+ 24 months	—	—	240	83	91	—
Total	448	526	552	186	177	0
St. Columb's
0–2 months	—	195	135	194	C	C
3–5 months	—	11	62	100	L	L
6–12 months	—	—	73	95	O	O
12–23 months	—	—	—	9	S	S
+ 24 months	—	—	—	—	E	E
Total	0	206	270	398	D	D
Tyrone County
0–2 months	414	370	387	522	318	374
3–5 months	162	172	165	148	88	139
6–12 months	266	242	168	123	75	82
12–23 months	240	302	258	73	7	—
+ 24 months	115	115	109	8	3	—
Total	1,197	1,201	1,087	874	491	595

Volume 168: debated on Friday 9 March 1990