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Hospitals: Waiting Lists

Volume 459: debated on Thursday 26 April 2007

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Mr. Lansley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 March 2007, Official Report, column 1194W, on hospital waiting lists, what assessment she has made of the statistical significance of the moderate correlation between the secondary sector clinical targets and service initial positions in 2003-04 and the age-needs index. (131877)

Andy Burnham

The distance between several secondary sector service targets and the service initial positions in March 2003-04 is moderately correlated to the age/needs index: the primary care trust health economies with low age/needs had modestly further to travel to achieve the targets. However, numerous parts of the country with low age/needs did not have far to travel in meeting these targets. The correlation is not a perfect one (with correlation co-efficients ranging from -0.28 in the case of distance to the accident and emergency four hour wait and age/needs to -0.13 in the case of distance to the out-patient booking targets and age/needs). The reasons behind the relationship are complex.

Secondary sector under-performance in low age/needs areas is likely to have existed for some time prior to March 2003-04. By raising the quality of care to uniform national standards, the Government have significantly improved the services provided to patients in these areas.

The age and need indices, and the interactions between them, are currently being reviewed by independent academic researchers under the auspices of the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation. A new age and need adjustment for weighted capitation may emerge from this research for resource allocation in 2008-09.

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for (a) in-patient, (b) day case and (c) out-patient appointments at each hospital in London in (i) 1992, (ii) 1997, (iii) 2001, (iv) 2005 and (v) the most recent year for which figures are available. (132331)

Andy Burnham

The information requested can be found in the following table.

Table 1: Provider based median waiting time information, London NHS Trusts

Median waiting time (weeks) month end

March 1992

March 1997

Organisation code

Organisation

In-patient admission ordinary

In-patient admission daycase

Out-patient appointment

In-patient admission ordinary

In-patient admission daycase

Out-patient appointment

RA1

Epsom Healthcare NHS Trust

8.4

7.8

n/a

16.6

10.7

3.3

RAK

Royal London Hospital and Associated Community Services NHS Trust

12.3

8.5

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RAX

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust

14.2

10.4

n/a

20.6

12.3

4.6

RAZ

St. Helier NHS Trust

15.3

10.8

n/a

17.2

9.6

3.6

RAV

The Guy’s and Lewisham NHS Trust

15.3

10.9

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RAP

North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust

15.6

9.9

n/a

25.0

11.8

7.5

RAL

Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust

17.5

16.1

n/a

15.2

9.8

5.8

RAN

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust London)

18.2

12.6

n/a

11.6

9.2

12.3

RAU

Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust

23.6

8.3

n/a

17.8

9.1

6.7

RAR

Mount Vernon Hospital NHS Trust

25.2

23.7

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RAS

Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust

25.2

8.6

n/a

19.4

9.4

7.2

RC3

Ealing Hospital NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

19.6

11.8

6.1

RF4

Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RFW

West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

21.2

11.5

7.3

RG2

Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

16.4

9.7

5.9

RG3

Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

19.6

13.3

8.1

RGC

Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RGZ

Queen Mary’s Sidcup NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

22.5

10.9

8.4

R31

Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

19.3

15.7

7.2

R32

Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

13.6

11.7

6.9

RJ5

St. Mary’s NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

19.5

10.6

6.9

R36

Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

23.9

12.5

4.2

RJ7

St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

16.3

10.2

5.0

RJZ

King’s College Hospital NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

19.4

20.4

5.9

RKE

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

19.9

9.2

5.0

RKL

West London Mental Health NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RNH

Newham Healthcare NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

13.1

8.9

7.1

RNJ

Barts and the London NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

17.5

10.4

7.5

RNK

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

9.1

RP4

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

11.0

9.0

4.8

RP6

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

13.2

12.5

8.5

RPY

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2.6

ROM

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

9.8

8.5

3.8

RON

Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

23.9

21.9

4.5

ROX

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

9.4

8.1

4.5

ROY

SW London and St. George’s NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

3.2

RRV

University College London NHS Foundation Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

14.5

11.3

5.1

RT3

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RV3

Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RV8

North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RVL

Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RVR

Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RWK

East London and The City Mental Health NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RC5

Harefield Hospital NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

10.1

10.4

3.9

RDC

Wellhouse NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

21.2

11.3

6.5

RDF

Forest Healthcare NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

22.5

17.5

9.3

RFZ

Northwick Park and St. Mark’s NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

17.5

11.6

6.8

RG4

Redbridge Health Care NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

22.5

20.1

3.9

RG7

Havering Hospitals NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

15.8

10.4

7.6

RG9

Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

21.9

16.8

7.0

RHG

Richmond Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

21.2

10.7

3.2

RPX

Royal Brompton Hospital NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

13.6

14.2

2.0

R09

Bethlem and Maudsley NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

13.8

n/a

3.7

RV5

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Median waiting time (weeks) month end

March 2001

March 2005

Organisation code

Organisation

In-patient admission ordinary

In-patient admission daycase

Out-patient appointment

In-patient admission ordinary

In-patient admission daycase

Out-patient appointment

RA1

Epsom Healthcare NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RAK

Royal London Hospital and Associated Community Services NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RAX

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust

17.1

12.4

6.1

9.7

8.2

6.6

RAZ

St. Helier NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RAV

The Guy’s and Lewisham NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RAP

North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust

18.7

19.0

11.9

10.7

7.8

7.7

RAL

Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust

18.3

10.8

8.0

9.1

8.1

7.8

RAN

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust London)

12.4

10.8

9.8

13.4

10.1

11.8

RAU

Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RAR

Mount Vernon Hospital NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RAS

Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust

12.2

8.3

8.8

10.1

6.6

7.4

RC3

Ealing Hospital NHS Trust

16.4

11.2

7.3

10.2

8.0

8.8

RF4

Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

12.4

8.6

9.0

RFW

West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

26.5

9.8

5.0

13.1

7.9

6.1

RG2

Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust

15.8

9.7

7.2

11.7

6.4

5.8

RG3

Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust

18.3

17.3

6.3

12.0

8.4

7.1

RGC

Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

11.7

10.4

8.4

RGZ

Queen Mary’s Sidcup NHS Trust

24.7

14.3

9.1

11.0

9.6

8.0

R31

Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

19.7

16.6

10.5

10.1

7.4

8.4

R32

Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust

21.8

9.3

7.3

7.9

8.7

7.6

RJ5

St. Mary’s NHS Trust

13.7

9.1

7.5

8.3

6.6

7.9

R36

Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust

26.4

11.7

7.0

9.3

7.8

7.7

RJ7

St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust

18.2

9.5

7.7

10.6

7.4

6.5

RJZ

King’s College Hospital NHS Trust

18.0

10.8

6.2

9.3

6.4

6.8

RKE

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

11.4

9.0

5.7

7.0

5.5

6.4

RKL

West London Mental Health NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

6.3

RNH

Newham Healthcare NHS Trust

15.1

9.3

7.6

9.9

6.6

6.9

RNJ

Barts and the London NHS Trust

18.2

10.5

9.9

8.0

5.6

8.9

RNK

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

n/a

n/a

8.5

n/a

n/a

7.5

RP4

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust

12.5

10.9

9.0

7.5

6.7

5.9

RP6

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

9.0

12.5

6.0

5.2

6.0

11.4

RPY

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

n/a

n/a

2.4

3.4

n/a

2.4

ROM

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

11.9

10.5

5.9

9.2

9.0

5.7

RON

Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust

12.5

8.3

3.6

9.9

8.3

7.4

ROX

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

7.8

7.4

6.6

4.0

3.9

4.4

ROY

SW London and St. George’s NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

3.4

n/a

n/a

3.2

RRV

University College London NHS Foundation Trust

11.9

8.4

6.9

8.6

7.2

6.5

RT3

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust

18.0

16.6

4.5

6.4

8.0

3.9

RV3

Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

5.9

n/a

n/a

4.8

RV8

North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

18.2

11.0

7.0

11.8

9.8

9.4

RVL

Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust

20.4

11.1

8.6

13.7

11.6

8.3

RVR

Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust

18.8

11.6

6.6

12.6

6.

7.7

RWK

East London and The City Mental Health NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

5.1

n/a

n/a

7.0

RC5

Harefield Hospital NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RDC

Wellhouse NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RDF

Forest Healthcare NHS Trust

22.3

17.8

10.3

n/a

n/a

n/a

RFZ

Northwick Park and St. Mark’s NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RG4

Redbridge Health Care NHS Trust

20.3

15.7

7.4

n/a

n/a

n/a

RG7

Havering Hospitals NHS Trust

17.8

11.5

9.4

n/a

n/a

n/a

RG9

Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RHG

Richmond Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RPX

Royal Brompton Hospital NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

R09

Bethlem and Maudsley NHS Trust

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

RV5

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

9.5

n/a

3.3

n/a

n/a

n/a

Median waiting time (weeks) month endDecember 2006Organisation codeOrganisationIn-patient admission ordinaryIn-patient admission daycaseOut-patient appointmentRA1Epsom Healthcare NHS Trustn/an/an/aRAKRoyal London Hospital and Associated Community Services NHS Trustn/an/an/aRAXKingston Hospital NHS Trust6.88.74.7RAZSt. Helier NHS Trustn/an/an/aRAVThe Guy’s and Lewisham NHS Trustn/an/an/a RAPNorth Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust10.710.65.6 RALRoyal Free Hampstead NHS Trust8.66.95.8RANRoyal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust London)8.48.58.7RAUCentral Middlesex Hospital NHS Trustn/an/an/aRARMount Vernon Hospital NHS Trustn/an/an/aRASHillingdon Hospital NHS Trust8.05.55.1RC3Ealing Hospital NHS Trust8.47.55.2RF4Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust11.39.27.7RFWWest Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust7.06.06.0RG2Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust12.06.76.6RG3Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust10.67.85.3RGCWhipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust9.38.66.9RGZQueen Mary’s Sidcup NHS Trust10.58.54.0R31Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust8.56.98.1R32Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust9.48.76.8RJ5St Mary’s NHS Trust15.515.85.8R36Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust6.76.56.2RJ7St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust8.36.44.8RJZKing’s College Hospital NHS Trust8.37.34.6RKEWhittington Hospital NHS Trust9.07.04.6RKLWest London Mental Health NHS Trustn/an/a4.6RNHNewham Healthcare NHS Trust10.29.34.4RNJBarts and the London NHS Trust8.57.08.0RNKTavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trustn/an/a7.2RP4Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust7.86.94.7RP6Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trustn/a7.78.9RPYRoyal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust2.6n/a2.0ROMChelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust9.28.76.0RONHammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust7.98.14.9ROXHomerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust7.35.74.5ROYSW London and St. George’s NHS Trustn/an/a2.6RRVUniversity College London NHS Foundation Trust8.97.34.9RT3Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust7.15.64.

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in London waited for (a) 18 months and over, (b) 12 months and over and (c) six months and over for out-patient admission in each quarter of each of the last five years in each primary care trust. (132333)

Andy Burnham

The information requested is not held centrally. The Department has not collected information on waits of over 26 weeks for out-patients since March 2004, as the current target is only 13 weeks. However, the following table shows how many patients waited over 26 weeks for out-patient admission in each London primary care trust (PCT) from 2002 to 2004.

Number waiting over 26 weeks for an out-patient appointment. June 2002 to March 2004, commissioner based

Number waiting over 26 weeks, month end:

Organisation

June 2002

September 2002

December 2002

March 2003

June 2003

September 2003

December 2003

March 2004

Havering PCT

11

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kingston PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bromley PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Greenwich PCT

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Barnet PCT

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hillingdon PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bexley PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Enfield PCT

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Barking and Dagenham PCT

9

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

City and Hackney PCT

19

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tower Hamlets PCT

24

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

Newham PCT

70

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Haringey PCT

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hammersmith and Fulham PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ealing PCT

25

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hounslow PCT

0

19

0

0

0

0

0

0

Brent PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Harrow PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Camden PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Islington PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Croydon PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kensington and Chelsea PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Westminster PCT

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Lambeth PCT

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Southwark PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Lewisham PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Wandsworth PCT

0

4

0

0

0

1

0

0

Richmond and Twickenham PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sutton and Merton PCT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone PC

30

0

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford PCT

39

0

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Redbridge PCT

36

0

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Redbridge PCT (new)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

0

0

0

0

Waltham Forest PCT

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

0

0

0

0

Note:

In the financial year 2003-04 Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford PCT divided, part joined Redbridge PCT, which kept its name (and is differentiated from the old PCT using the name Redbridge PCT (new)). The other part joined Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonshire PCT to become Waltham Forest PCT.

Source:

Department of Health, QMO8r