Select Committee on Health Memoranda


5.  ACTIVITY, PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY (continued)

  5.2.4  Of patients not yet seen following written referral at the end of the latest quarter for which data are available, how many had been waiting (a) less than 13(b), 13-17(c), 17-21 and (d) more than 21 weeks, by Strategic Health Authority, in commissioner-based form? (Q71)

  ANSWER

  1.  The information requested is given in Table 71. It is not possible to show (c) and (d) separately.

Table 71

PATIENTS NOT YET SEEN FOLLOWING GP WRITTEN REFERRAL, TIME WAITING FROM REFERRAL TO QUARTER ENDED 30 JUNE 2006 (COMMISSIONER-BASED)


GP written referrals not yet seen at end of quarter who have been waiting (weeks)

Strategic Health Authority
under 13
13 to under 17
17 +
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
47,193
0
0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
36,160
2
0
Essex
43,545
0
0
North West London
43,720
1
0
North Central London
38,553
0
0
North East London
39,191
2
1
South East London
37,686
0
0
South West London
30,169
0
0
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
37,534
0
0
County Durham & Tees Valley
23,898
0
0
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
35,191
2
0
West Yorkshire
45,340
0
0
Cumbria & Lancashire
42,382
0
0
Greater Manchester
72,100
1
0
Cheshire & Merseyside
62,401
20
28
Thames Valley
39,158
1
0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight
36,151
0
0
Kent and Medway
40,094
0
0
Surrey and Sussex
53,413
1
0
Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire
50,735
1
10
South West Peninsula
39,492
0
0
Somerset & Dorset
23,827
0
0
South Yorkshire
32,466
0
0
Trent
50,333
0
0
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire & Rutland
35,289
0
0
Shropshire and Staffordshire
31,410
18
88
Birmingham and the Black Country
59,725
2
0
West Midlands South
39,403
0
1
England
1,166,559
51
128

  Source:

QM08R. (Commissioner based).

  5.2.5  Of patients seen following written referral in the latest quarter for which data are available, how many waited (a) less than 13 weeks and (b) more than 13 weeks, by Strategic Health Authority of residence and specialty? (Q72)

  ANSWER

  1.  The information requested is given in Table 72a and Table 72b.


 
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