Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust: Rheumatology Geraldine Smith To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether rheumatology services in Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust met the 18 week referral target in the last period for which figures are available. Andy Burnham The information requested is not available. Voluntary collection and reporting of referral to treatment (RTT) data to support the 18-week target has been under way since autumn 2006. Mandatory national RTT waiting time collection for admitted patients begins this month, and for non-admitted patients in April. Publication will begin as soon as the data are of sufficient quality. For admitted data this is likely to be in the spring; for non-admitted data in the summer.