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Chris Grayling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been removed from NHS waiting lists in each of the past three years. [116879]
Mr. Hutton
The table shows the number of patients removed from the elective inpatient waiting list. Patients may be removed from waiting lists for a number of reasons such as the patient already having been admitted as an emergency for the same condition, the patient no longer requires the treatment, or the patient has died.
| Removals from the elective inpatient waiting list: England | |
| Removals | |
| 2000–01 | 613,931 |
| 2001–02 | 594,666 |
| 2002–03 | 600,759 |
Source:
Department of Health form KHO6