The information is not available in the format requested. However, the average waiting time for a diagnostic test in each year since April 2006 is shown in the following table:
Financial year Month Median wait (weeks) 2006-07 April 5.2 2006-07 January 3.1 2007-08 January 1.9 2008-09 January 1.4 2009-10 January 1.7 Notes: 1. The median waiting time has been calculated as a total for all 15 diagnostic tests collected monthly 2. The median waiting time has been calculated as a total across Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust, Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT and South Birmingham PCT. 3. Data prior to April 2006 are not available. Source: Department of Health, Knowledge and Intelligence, Commissioning and Systems Directorate.
The data requested are shown in the following table.
Before 2003, South Tyneside Primary Care Trust (PCT) was part of Gateshead and South Tyneside Health Authority (HA), therefore these organisations are shown separately.
Gateshead and South Tyneside HA South Tyneside PCT North East SHA England March 1997 8,749 n/a 56,363 1,131,201 March 1998 8,988 n/a 57,618 1,276,965 March 1999 8,277 n/a 50,900 1,060,356 March 2000 8,068 n/a 48,619 1,024,654 March 2001 7,561 n/a 47,088 995,123 March 2002 7,332 n/a 48,612 1,021,604 March 2003 n/a 3,379 46,214 975,338 March 2004 n/a 3,043 41,617 890,205 March 2005 n/a 2,630 35,175 808,810 March 2006 n/a 3,052 34,696 771,100 March 2007 n/a 2,800 32,599 691,885 March 2008 n/a 2,136 25,977 526,223 March 2009 n/a 2,402 27,666 565,772 January 2010 n/a 2,674 32,155 632,108 Notes: 1. Data for South Tyneside PCT prior to March 2003 relate to Gateshead and South Tyneside HA. 2. Data for 2003 to 2006 for North East Strategic Health Authority (SHA) include previous SHAs: County Durham and Tees Valley and Northumberland Tyne and Wear. 3. Data prior to March 2003 for North East SHA relate to previous HAs: Tees, County Durham, Newcastle and North Tyneside, Gateshead and South Tyneside, Sunderland and Northumberland. Source: QF01 and monthly returns from PCTs and HAs
The data requested are shown in the following table.
Before 2003, South Tyneside Primary Care Trust (PCT) was part of Gateshead and South Tyneside Health Authority (HA), therefore these organisations are shown separately.
Gateshead and South Tyneside HA South Tyneside PCT North East SHA England March 1997 2,562 n/a 12,473 283,866 March 1998 2,494 n/a 12,468 377,164 March 1999 2,301 n/a 9,880 276,752 March 2000 1,850 n/a 9,365 264,370 March 2001 1,497 n/a 8,765 242,953 March 2002 1,426 n/a 10,126 238,091 March 2003 n/a 346 7,819 189,045 March 2004 n/a 96 3,598 80,125 March 2005 n/a 23 1,482 40,843 March 2006 n/a 0 0 199 March 2007 n/a 0 0 352 March 2008 n/a 0 0 71 March 2009 n/a 0 0 114 January 2010 n/a 0 0 52 Notes: 1. Data for South Tyneside PCT prior to March 2003 relate to Gateshead and South Tyneside HA. 2. Data for 2003 to 2006 for North East SHA include previous SHAs: County Durham and Tees Valley and Northumberland Tyne and Wear. 3. Data prior to March 2003 for North East SHA relate to previous HAs: Tees, County Durham, Newcastle and North Tyneside, Gateshead and South Tyneside, Sunderland and Northumberland. 4. In-patient waiting times measured from decision to admit to admission. Source: QF01 and monthly returns from PCTs and HAs