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Hospitals: Waiting Lists

Volume 492: debated on Thursday 14 May 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for Sheffield residents for admissions to hospital for treatment following GP referral (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available, by speciality. (274813)

The information is not available in the format requested. Referral to treatment data is only available from January 2007 onwards. The following table shows the median waiting times for completed patient pathways for admitted patients in the Sheffield Primary Care Trust area, from January 2007 to February 2009.

Treatment function

January 2007

February 2009

General surgery

19.0

7.3

Urology

17.8

8.8

Trauma and orthopaedics

31.7

10.9

Ear, nose and throat

32.0

9.0

Ophthalmology

23.7

7.3

Oral surgery

23.0

10.0

Neurosurgery

n/a

9.8

Plastic surgery

16.8

8.0

Cardiothoracic surgery

n/a

8.8

General medicine

n/a

n/a

Gastroenterology

7.8

1.9

Cardiology

16.0

8.8

Dermatology

11.5

10.0

Thoracic medicine

n/a

n/a

Neurology

n/a

n/a

Rheumatology

n/a

n/a

Geriatric medicine

n/a

n/a

Gynaecology

25.0

6.0

Other

16.4

6.6

Total

21.9

7.8

Note:

Where there were fewer than 20 completed pathways for the given treatment function, a median has not been calculated. These cells have been marked with a value of not applicable (n/a). Data for January 2007 are given on an unadjusted basis, whereas data for February are given on an adjusted basis.