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Hospitals: Waiting Lists

Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average hospital waiting times were in (a) Taunton Deane primary care trust area, (b) Somerset and (c) England in each of the last 10 years, broken down by specialty function. [141501]

Andy Burnham [holding answer 11 June 2007]: The figures are shown in the following tables.


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Table 1: Commissioner based median in-patient waiting times for the Somerset area
As at March each year
Median waiting time (weeks) at month end
Organisation Somerset health authority Taunton Deane PCT Somerset PCT
Specialty 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

All specialties

12.5

13.6

12.6

13.9

13.5

15.6

10.6

10.1

7.8

6.0

5.1

General surgery

12.3

14.6

11.5

12.9

12.1

14.4

8.7

8.4

8.0

7.6

4.5

Urology

9.4

9.1

8.1

8.5

9.1

9.6

7.5

7.7

4.5

3.5

3.2

Trauma and Orthopaedics

14.2

16.3

15.8

18.2

19.0

19.3

13.7

12.7

9.6

6.9

6.4

ENT

11.9

13.9

15.9

20.8

17.9

20.3

8.0

8.7

6.6

4.9

4.8

Ophthalmology

18.2

20.9

19.1

15.0

12.5

15.6

10.9

9.4

7.4

4.8

3.8

Oral surgery

10.2

9.5

7.6

8.2

9.5

9.7

9.2

8.7

7.9

3.7

5.2

Neurosurgery

n/a

10.3

n/a

22.6

17.8

17.4

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Plastic surgery

14.7

16.2

16.4

19.6

18.6

19.3

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

7.8

Cardiothoracic surgery

17.3

14.3

14.1

15.8

20.2

13.2

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

6.0

Anaesthetics

n/a

7.1

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

General medicine

7.5

8.6

7.9

11.1

12.2

11.7

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Gastroenterology

7.1

7.3

9.6

7.1

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Cardiology

12.0

10.3

9.3

18.2

19.5

22.2

n/a

9.0

5.9

5.0

5.2

Dermatology

n/a

n/a

8.8

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

4.4

Neurology

9.2

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Gynaecology

10.5

10.8

10.0

10.9

10.2

11.0

8.7

9.4

9.6

10.0

6.5



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Table 2: Commissioner based median in-patient waiting times, national
As at March each year
National Median waiting time (weeks) at month end
Specialty 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

All specialties

13.2

14.9

12.9

12.9

12.6

12.7

11.9

10.2

8.5

7.3

6.2

General surgery

13.1

15.2

12.4

12.5

12.1

12.5

11.6

10.1

8.6

7.5

6.0

Urology

11.5

11.7

10.3

10.8

10.8

10.7

10.2

9.1

7.3

6.2

5.1

Trauma and Orthopaedics

17.6

19.4

18.3

18.1

17.6

17.1

15.6

12.5

11.3

9.3

8.2

ENT

14.1

16.4

15.3

13.4

13.2

13.5

12.4

10.7

9.1

7.8

6.6

Ophthalmology

16.1

18.3

15.9

15.5

14.0

14.2

12.6

9.1

5.8

5.5

5.3

Oral surgery

13.6

14.7

12.0

10.7

9.8

9.5

9.8

9.4

8.6

7.7

7.0

Restorative dentistry

11.8

12.9

10.8

10.0

10.5

10.4

8.9

9.5

6.8

5.0

2.6

Paediatric dentistry

10.8

9.8

8.5

10.6

10.2

9.1

10.6

9.3

9.8

8.5

6.2

Orthodontics

14.2

11.6

14.8

17.6

17.7

20.2

11.2

9.2

8.9

6.8

4.0

Neurosurgery

14.7

15.0

13.1

16.6

15.9

16.3

13.0

11.2

10.6

8.6

6.9

Plastic surgery

16.7

17.7

15.1

15.1

14.3

13.7

12.8

10.8

10.1

8.2

6.8

Cardiothoracic surgery

17.6

18.5

19.4

20.7

18.6

16.1

10.9

9.5

6.0

5.6

5.0

Paediatric surgery

12.6

12.5

12.3

12.1

11.5

11.3

10.8

9.4

8.2

6.6

6.1

Accident and emergency

11.8

12.5

12.6

11.3

10.0

10.0

12.3

9.9

9.1

7.7

7.6

Anaesthetics

10.2

10.3

9.7

9.4

10.1

9.4

9.1

8.3

7.8

6.7

6.5

Pain Management

n/a

10.1

9.4

8.7

8.8

9.0

8.9

9.2

6.8

n/a

n/a

General medicine

8.7

8,7

8.0

8.2

8.2

8.6

8.1

8.0

6.0

5.0

3.5

Gastroenterology

7.9

8.6

7.8

8.2

8.3

8.2

8.3

7.8

5.5

4.3

2.8

Endocrinology

10.4

10.3

8.5

8.5

7.9

7.9

7.5

7.1

3.8

3.8

3.6

Haematology (clinical)

7.9

7.6

7.7

7.5

6.9

7.6

6.8

6.7

3.6

3.0

2.2

Clinical Immunology and Allergy

n/a

10.5

n/a

n/a

12.8

14.9

11.1

12.8

22.9

n/a

n/a

Rehabilitation

10.8

10.9

12.4

13.7

10.3

9.3

10.7

7.6

6.8

9.2

6.3

Palliative medicine

18.2

16.3

15.0

9.5

15.0

13.0

10.6

10.5

5.9

7.4

7.7

Cardiology

12.5

12.1

11.2

11.6

11.6

10.9

11.0

9.4

7.7

6.1

4.7

Dermatology

9.9

8.7

8.2

8.4

7.6

7.8

8.7

8.2

5.4

4.6

4.7

Thoracic medicine

9.9

9.9

10.0

10.8

9.3

9.7

8.9

7.4

6.8

6.4

4.4

Nephrology

9.8

8.6

9.0

9.5

8.2

8.7

7.9

7.9

4.4

5.9

3.3

Medical oncology

7.9

7.4

7.1

6.7

7.1

42.9

7.0

6.9

2.8

2.7

1.9

Neurology

9.2

9.6

9.1

9.7

9.2

11.1

10.6

8.5

6.7

5.1

4.8

Rheumatology

9.0

8.9

8.7

8.5

9.1

8.5

7.6

7.5

4.6

4.0

3.8

Paediatrics

9.0

8.8

9.0

8.0

9.8

9.2

8.4

7.7

6.3

4.0

4.3

Paediatric neurology

10.3

10.6

8.8

12.2

12.2

12.6

9.2

7.9

7.9

8.1

5.1

Geriatric medicine

7.4

7.6

7.5

7.6

7.2

7.2

7.6

7.4

6.9

4.3

4.4

Dental Medicine Specialties

8.7

8.3

7.5

7.0

7.0

6.9

7.9

7.6

4.6

5.7

n/a

Medical ophthalmology

14.6

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Gynaecology

10.9

11.9

11.0

10.8

10.1

10.2

9.9

9.2

7.8

6.8

5.9

General Practice (non-maternity)

9.0

8.5

7.6

7.3

7.4

7.6

6.9

6.7

6.2

n/a

n/a

Mental handicap

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

5.5

n/a

Mental illness

10.9

9.5

8.9

8.4

8.8

8.0

7.1

7.8

5.7

4.1

2.9

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

9.8

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Clinical oncology

6.7

6.7

6.6

6.7

6.6

6.7

6.7

6.8

2.5

2.5

1.5

Radiology

7.8

8.2

9.4

9.0

24.2

18.9

9.9

8.7

5.9

4.0

3.7

Chemical pathology

8.1

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

6.8

5.3

n/a

Haematology

8.6

8.5

7.4

n/a

n/a

n/a

7.0

n/a

2.5

2.4

1.2

Community medicine

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

8.6

n/a

n/a

Occupational medicine

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

10.2

n/a


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