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In-patient Waiting Times

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 16 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been removed from the official NHS in-patient waiting list in each year since 1990. (114982)

The figures are shown in the table

Number of removals from an inpatient waiting list, England 1990 to 2006

Number

1989-90

260,503

1990-91

306,899

1991-92

387,980

1992-93

412,299

1993-94

451,559

1994-95

521,320

1995-96

547,863

1996-97

551,999

1997-98

558,242

1998-99

672,432

1999-2000

622,787

2000-01

613,931

2001-02

581,534

2002-03

601,353

2003-04

621,345

2004-05

612,004

2005-06

613,626

Note:

Removals can be made for the following reasons:

—patient no longer requires treatment;

—patient has removed themselves from the list;

—patient admitted as an emergency; and

—patient transferred to another trust.

Source:

KH06 NHS Trust-based figures.