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Royal Preston Hospital: Waiting Lists

Volume 457: debated on Wednesday 7 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for (a) inpatient, (b) day cases and (c) outpatient appointments in Royal Preston hospital in each year since 1992. (124305)

The information requested is shown in the table.

Median waiting time (weeks)

Organisation

Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust

Year

Month

Inpatient ordinary admission

Inpatient daycase admission

First outpatient appointment

1994

March

19.6

7.7

6.5

1995

March

11.4

8.6

7.3

1996

March

12.4

7.9

7.6

1997

March

13.3

10.3

7.3

1998

March

12.5

10.0

8.3

1999

March

15.9

10.8

7.0

2000

March

14.1

9.1

8.9

2001

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

2002

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

2003

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

2004

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

2005

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

2006

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

2006

December

n/a

n/a

n/a

Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Year

Month

Inpatient ordinary admission

Inpatient daycase admission

Outpatient appointment

1994

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

1995

March

17.2

12.9

8.2

1996

March

16.2

13.1

5.6

1997

March

17.5

13.0

6.2

1998

March

17.8

11.9

7.5

1999

March

16.3

10.1

8.3

2000

March

12.9

10.0

8.0

2001

March

12.6

9.5

7.7

2002

March

12.0

9.6

8.6

2003

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

2004

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

2005

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

2006

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

2006

December

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Year

Month

Inpatient ordinary admission

Inpatient daycase admission

First outpatient appointment

1994

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

1995

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

1996

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

1997

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

1998

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

1999

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

2000

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

2001

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

2002

March

n/a

n/a

n/a

2003

March

11.8

9.3

7.4

2004

March

12.0

8.9

7.0

2005

March

9.5

7.7

7.1

2006

March

9.1

7.2

6.6

2006

December

8.4

5.9

5.3

Notes:

Inpatient waiting time based on median wait of those still waiting at end of period. Outpatient waiting times based on time waited for those seen during the quarter. Prior to the financial year 2000-01, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust existed as two separate trusts—Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust and Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. In 2000-01 these trusts merged (with part of Chorley being allocated to another trust), keeping the name Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. In the financial year 2002-03, this became Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

Sources:

Department of Health, KHO7 and QM08s