Northampton Hospital: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people had been waiting for operations at Northampton General Hospital for (a) between three and six months, (b) between six and 12 months, (c) between one and two years and (d) over two years in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. (308756)

The information requested is not available in the format requested.

In-patient waiting list figures for Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust are shown in the following table.

*Patient waiting by time waited at period end*
Period	Total patients waiting for admission	3-6 months	6-12 months	12-24 months	24+ months
March 1997	5,796	1,444	1,207	219	0
March 2009	3,516	116	0	0	0
October 2009	3,707	123	0	0	0
Source: Department of Health KH07 and MMR returns from NHS trusts

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 6 January 2010