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Heart Diseases

Volume 458: debated on Monday 26 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average period of time was which patients have waited for a myocardial perfusion scan in (a) West Lancashire, (b) the North West and (c) England in the latest period for which figures are available. (128227)

The information is not available in the format requested. The table shows the number of people waiting more than six and 13 weeks for a routine myocardial perfusion study.

Waiting times information for routine myocardial perfusion study, August 2006

Organisation code

Organisation name

Number waiting six to 13 weeks

Number waiting over 13 weeks

RVY

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital National Health Service Trust

0

0

RXL

Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust

63

256

RXN

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

101

85

Q31

All North West Strategic Health Authority

716

1,715

All England

3,981

4,298

Source: Department of Health, Diagnostic Census.