Primary Care Trusts Mr. Amess To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for liver transplant operations in each primary care trust in (a) Essex and (b) the Greater London area is in 2007-08; and what the equivalent time was in (i) 1996, (ii) 1998, (iii) 2001, (iv) 2005 and (v) 2006. Ann Keen The average waiting time for a liver transplant for residents in Essex and Greater London primary care trusts (PCTs) is shown in the following table: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Primary care trusts |1996|1998|2001|2005 |2006 |2007| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London primary care trusts | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number waiting |50 |55 |68 |65 |77 |61 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Median wait time (days) |49.0|58.0|68.0|111.0|157.0|106 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Essex primary care trusts | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number waiting |4 |6 |12 |9 |17 |10 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Median wait time (days) |39.5|25.0|19.0|120.0|66.0 |70.5| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Notes:1. These figures are based on actual transplants that took place. All cases are first graft, elective transplants.2. Essex PCTs include north east Essex, west Essex, south east Essex, south west Essex and mid Essex.| | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------