Royal Preston Hospital: Waiting Lists Mr. Evans To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for (a) inpatient, (b) day cases and (c) outpatient appointments in Royal Preston hospital in each year since 1992. Andy Burnham The information requested is shown in the table. ------------------------------------------------- |Organisation|Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust| ------------------------------------------------- |Year |Month |Inpatient ordinary admission|Inpatient daycase admission|First outpatient appointment| ------------------------------------------------- |1994 |March |19.6|7.7|6.5| ------------------------------------------------- |1995 |March |11.4|8.6|7.3| ------------------------------------------------- |1996 |March |12.4|7.9|7.6| ------------------------------------------------- |1997 |March |13.3|10.3|7.3| ------------------------------------------------- |1998 |March |12.5|10.0|8.3| ------------------------------------------------- |1999 |March |15.9|10.8|7.0| ------------------------------------------------- |2000 |March |14.1|9.1|8.9| ------------------------------------------------- |2001 |March |n/a|n/a|n/a| ------------------------------------------------- |2002 |March |n/a|n/a|n/a| ------------------------------------------------- |2003 |March |n/a|n/a|n/a| ------------------------------------------------- |2004 |March |n/a|n/a|n/a| ------------------------------------------------- |2005 |March |n/a|n/a|n/a| ------------------------------------------------- |2006 |March |n/a|n/a|n/a| ------------------------------------------------- |2006 |December |n/a|n/a|n/a| ------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Year|Month |Inpatient ordinary admission|Inpatient daycase admission|Outpatient appointment| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1994|March |n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1995|March |17.2 |12.9 |8.2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1996|March |16.2 |13.1 |5.6 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997|March |17.5 |13.0 |6.2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998|March |17.8 |11.9 |7.5 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999|March |16.3 |10.1 |8.3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000|March |12.9 |10.0 |8.0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001|March |12.6 |9.5 |7.7 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002|March |12.0 |9.6 |8.6 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003|March |n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004|March |n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005|March |n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006|March |n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006|December|n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Year |Month |Inpatient ordinary admission|Inpatient daycase admission|First outpatient appointment| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1994 |March |n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1995 |March |n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1996 |March |n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |March |n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |March |n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |March |n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |March |n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |March |n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |March |n/a |n/a |n/a | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |March |11.8 |9.3 |7.4 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |March |12.0 |8.9 |7.0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |March |9.5 |7.7 |7.1 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |March |9.1 |7.2 |6.6 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |December|8.4 |5.9 |5.3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Notes:Inpatient waiting time based on median wait of those still waiting at end of period. Outpatient waiting times based on time waited for those seen during the quarter. Prior to the financial year 2000-01, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust existed as two separate trusts—Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust and Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. In 2000-01 these trusts merged (with part of Chorley being allocated to another trust), keeping the name Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. In the financial year 2002-03, this became Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.Sources:Department of Health, KHO7 and QM08s| | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------