The information is shown in the following table.
Median wait (weeks) Organisations covering: Period ending March: Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire England 1997 n/a 15.5 13.2 1998 n/a 18.0 14.9 1999 n/a 14.8 12.9 2000 n/a 14.8 12.9 2001 n/a 12.2 12.6 2002 n/a 13.3 12.7 2003 11.5 11.3 11.9 2004 9.6 10.0 10.2 2005 8.0 7.8 8.5 2006 6.8 7.4 7.3 2007 5.3 5.4 6.2 2008 4.1 4.2 4.5 n/a = Not applicable. Notes: 1. Organisations covering Milton Keynes: N/A, 1997-2002 (part of Buckinghamshire Health Authority (HA)); Milton Keynes PCT, 2003-08; 2. Organisations covering Buckinghamshire: Buckinghamshire HA; 1997-2002 Chilton and South Buckinghamshire PCT, Milton Keynes PCT, Vale of Aylesbury PCT, Wycombe PCT; 2003-06 Buckinghamshire PCT, Milton Keynes PCT, 2007-08 3. Figures show the median waiting times for patients still waiting at the end of the period. 4. Inpatient waiting times are measured from decision to admit by the consultant to admission to hospital. 5. Median waiting times are calculated from aggregate data, rather than patient level data, and therefore are only estimates of the position on average waits. Source: QFO1 and Monthly Monitoring (Commissioner based)