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NHS: Waiting Lists

Volume 495: debated on Friday 3 July 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for an NHS operation was in (a) the East of England, (b) Essex and (c) Castle Point in (i) 1997 and (ii) each of the last five years. (282857)

Data is not available in the format requested.

Data is provided by the strategic health authority (SHA) and by their preceding organisations. national health service organisations have changed structure over time. For the periods requested, the best possible fit of organisation(s) has been used to reflect the median in patient waiting time in each of the three areas for 1997 and 2005-09.

March 1997

March 2005

March 2006

March 2007

March 2008

March 2009

May 2009

East of England

East of England SHA

6.8

4.9

4.3

4.5

Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA

8.8

7.3

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA

9.0

7.8

Essex SHA

8.1

7.1

Bedfordshire HA

14.4

Cambridge and Huntington HA

12.4

North Essex HA

15.3

South Essex HA

13.1

East Norfolk HA

12.6

North West Anglia HA

12.3

Suffolk HA

14.4

East and North Hertfordshire

14.5

West Hertfordshire

14.7

March 1997

March 2005

March 2006

March 2007

March 2008

March 2009

May 2009

Essex

East of England SHA

6.3

4.4

4.3

4.5

Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA

7.5

5.5

3.9

4.0

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA

6.5

5.6

4.7

5.2

Essex SHA

7.9

5.2

4.7

5.1

Bedfordshire HA

5.8

4.6

3.6

4.1

Cambridge and Huntington HA

8.1

7.1

North Essex HA

15.3

South Essex HA

13.1

March 1997

March 2005

March 2006

March 2007

March 2008

March 2009

May 2009

South East Essex PCT

6.3

4.4

4.3

4.5

Castle Point and Rochford PCT

6.2

7.3

South Essex HA

13.1

Notes:

In April 2006-07 weekly timebands were introduced which replaced the monthly timebands. In April 2005-06 monthly timebands were introduced replacing the three monthly timebands.

Source:

QF01 and Monthly Monitoring