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NHS: Barnet

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 16 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) average and (b) longest time for which a Barnet resident (i) waited for an (A) MRI and (B) CT scan in (1) 1996-97 and (2) 2005-06 and (ii) has waited for each type of scan in 2006-07; how many patients had each type of scan in each year; and if she will make a statement. (114273)

The information requested was only collected from 2006-07 and is shown in the following tables.

Timeband breakdown of MRI and CT waiting times for Barnet PCT, commissioner basis—2006

Number of patients waiting

Weeks

Month

Test

0<1

1<2

2<3

3<4

4<5

5<6

March

Magnetic resonance imaging

37

47

61

49

42

34

October

Magnetic resonance imaging

56

71

62

65

56

43

March

Computed tomography

40

37

35

38

39

29

October

Computed tomography

79

67

65

36

41

42

Month

Test

6<7

7<8

8<9

9<10

10<11

March

Magnetic resonance imaging

42

51

42

48

39

October

Magnetic resonance imaging

48

42

39

52

39

March

Computed tomography

23

21

3

5

3

October

Computed tomography

33

21

14

5

12

Month

Test

l1<12

12<13

13<14

14<15

15<16

16<17

March

Magnetic resonance imaging

41

35

23

19

17

27

October

Magnetic resonance imaging

40

32

26

25

15

20

March

Computed tomography

3

2

2

1

0

1

October

Computed tomography

6

5

3

3

1

3

Month

Test

17<18

18<19

19<20

20<21

21<22

March

Magnetic resonance imaging

23

22

24

1

0

October

Magnetic resonance imaging

17

15

11

9

4

March

Computed tomography

1

1

0

0

0

October

Computed tomography

0

0

0

0

0

Month

Test

22<23

23<24

24<25

25<26

26<27

27<28

March

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

0

1

0

0

0

0

October

Magnetic resonance imaging

1

3

1

4

0

0

March

Computed tomography

0

0

0

0

0

0

October

Computed tomography

0

0

0

0

0

0

Month

Test

28<29

29<30

30<31

31<32

32<33

March

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

0

0

0

0

1

October

Magnetic resonance imaging

0

0

0

0

0

March

Computed tomography

0

0

0

0

0

October

Computed tomography

0

0

0

0

0

Note:

Weekly timeband data are collected up to 52+ weeks, however, as there were no patients waiting beyond 33 weeks for this dataset, only timebands up to 33 weeks are provided.

Source:

Department of Health, DMO1

Summary of MRI and CT waiting times for Barnet PCT, commissioner basis—2006

Month

Test

Total number of patients waiting

Median wait (weeks)

March

Magnetic resonance imaging

728

8.0

October

Magnetic resonance imaging

795

6.9

March

Computed tomography

284

3.8

October

Computed tomography

437

3.2

Source:

Department of Health, DMO1