The average waiting times for cataract operations in the former strategic health authorities for County Durham and Tees Valley and North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire in 2005-06 are given in the following table.
Strategic health authority Median time waited (days) County Durham and Tees Valley 62 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 75 England 69 Notes: 1. Data are for finished admission episodes, i.e. the first period of in-patient care under one consultant with one Healthcare provider. 2. Time waited is the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Source: Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for health and social care.
The Department does not collect data on numbers of cancelled operations for individual procedures such as cataract operations.