Hospitals: Waiting Lists Matthew Taylor To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average hospital waiting times were in (a) Cornwall and (b) England, broken down by speciality function in (i) 1992, (ii) 1997 and (iii) 2007 to date. Andy Burnham The figures are shown in the table. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Median waiting time (weeks) | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |June 1993|March 1997|March 2007| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Cornwall and Isles of Scilly district health authority|England|Cornwall and Isles of Scilly district health authority|England|Cornwall and Isles of Scilly district health authority|England| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |All specialties |16.8|15.9|12.9|13.2|7.0|6.2| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |General surgery |15.0|15.3|10.6|13.1|7.2|6.0| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Urology |16.6|13.0|11.4|11.5|6.1|5.1| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trauma and orthopaedics |16.5|19.2|13.5|17.6|7.4|8.2| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ear, nose and throat |19.4|16.9|15.0|14.1|8.2|6.6| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ophthalmology |19.7|18.8|17.7|16.1|7.2|5.3| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oral surgery |14.9|18.0|12.3|13.6|7.4|7.0| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Neurosurgery |n/a|15.0|n/a|14.7|8.9|6.9| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Plastic surgery |21.8|20.6|14.7|16.7|9.4|6.8| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cardiothoracic surgery |n/a|16.7|13.3|17.6|n/a|5.0| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gastroenterology |n/a|8.7|9.8|7.9|n/a|2.8| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cardiology |n/a|11.8|14.6|12.5|4.6|4.7| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dermatology |n/a|9.8|n/a|9.9|5.2|4.7| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gynaecology |15.7|12.2|13.0|10.9|7.2|5.9| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Notes:1. Data for Cornwall not available prior to June 1993. Figures for Cornwall shown for the organisation in existence at the time.2. Specialties where the total number waiting is less than 100 are marked as n/a because this number is too small for a statistically meaningful median to be calculated. Only specialties recorded by Cornwall included in the table.Source:Department of Health, QF01| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------