To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people had been waiting for inpatient treatment in the Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust area in each of the last three months for which figures are available. [128871]
The number of patients waiting for elective in-patient admission at Mid Essex Hospital Services National Health Service Trust was 8,710 at the end of May 2003, 8,414 at the end of June 2003 and 8,299 at the end of July 2003.
Source:
Department of Health form KH07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people had been waiting 13 weeks or more for an outpatient appointment in the Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust area in the last two available quarters. [128872]
The number of patients still waiting for a first consultant out-patient appointment following general practitioner written referral at Mid Essex Hospital Services National Health Service Trust was 450 at quarter 4 2002–03 and 578 at quarter 1 2003–04.
Source:
Department of Health form QM80.