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Torbay Hospital: Waiting Lists

Volume 473: debated on Monday 17 March 2008

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Mr. Sanders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for (a) in-patient, (b) day cases and (c) out-patient appointments in Torbay hospital in each year since 1992. (192265)

Mr. Bradshaw

The information requested is not held in the format requested. Information is held for national health service hospital trusts. Therefore, information has been provided in the following table for south Devon healthcare NHS foundation trust which includes Torbay district general hospital.

Average (median) waiting times at south Devon healthcare NHS foundation trust

Ordinary admission

Day case admission

Out-patients

1991-92

17.5

10.8

—

1992-93

17.1

10.1

—

1993-94

14.3

10.3

7.4

1994-95

11.3

10.4

8.4

1995-96

11.0

9.6

7.5

1996-97

11.7

9.8

7.7

1997-98

12.2

10.0

8.3

1998-99

13.0

9.1

9.7

1999-2000

15.0

8.9

9.2

2000-01

17.1

9.3

8.8

2001-02

16.3

11.5

7.0

2002-03

15.4

10.3

7.6

2003-04

13.0

9.5

6.6

2004-05

10.3

8.3

6.2

2005-06

9.9

7.9

5.6

2006-07

6.6

6.1

4.8

2007-08

6.2

4.1

4.5

Note:

No out-patient data was collected prior to 1993-94

Source:

Department of Health Forms KH07 and QM08