Hospitals: Waiting Lists
(asked on 17th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was between referral to secondary care and the beginning of treatment in (a) England, (b) London, (c) the London Borough of Islington and (d) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
The information is shown in the following table.
Median waiting time in weeks from referral to the start of consultant-led treatment for non-urgent conditions for admitted and non-admitted patients in (a) England, (b) London, and (c) Islington, June 2010 to May 2015
| England | London1 | Islington2 | |||
Month | Admitted patients3 | Non- admitted patients4 | Admitted patients | Non- admitted patients | Admitted patients | Non- admitted patients |
June 2010 | 8.3 | 4.4 | 8.4 | 4.2 | 7.9 | 3.0 |
July 2010 | 8.3 | 4.3 | 8.2 | 4.0 | 8.5 | 1.8 |
August 2010 | 8.3 | 4.4 | 8.1 | 4.0 | 8.1 | 2.0 |
September 2010 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 8.6 | 1.5 |
October 2010 | 8.7 | 4.3 | 8.4 | 3.8 | 8.2 | 1.6 |
November 2010 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 8.5 | 1.8 |
December 2010 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 7.8 | 3.7 | 8.0 | 1.6 |
January 2011 | 9.1 | 4.8 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 9.2 | 1.6 |
February 2011 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 8.8 | 3.1 | 9.7 | 1.7 |
March 2011 | 7.9 | 3.7 | 7.8 | 3.2 | 8.0 | 1.5 |
April 2011 | 7.7 | 3.7 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 7.5 | 1.4 |
May 2011 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 8.5 | 3.9 | 8.9 | 1.8 |
June 2011 | 8.7 | 4.1 | 8.5 | 3.4 | 9.1 | 1.4 |
July 2011 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 8.4 | 1.7 |
August 2011 | 8.1 | 4.1 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 7.6 | 1.4 |
September 2011 | 8.8 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 3.8 | 9.3 | 1.3 |
October 2011 | 8.4 | 3.9 | 8.6 | 3.3 | 8.6 | 1.2 |
November 2011 | 8.1 | 4.0 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 8.0 | 1.3 |
December 2011 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 8.1 | 3.1 | 7.6 | 1.2 |
January 2012 | 8.8 | 4.4 | 9.1 | 3.6 | 8.3 | 1.4 |
February 2012 | 8.7 | 3.6 | 9.0 | 2.9 | 8.3 | 1.5 |
March 2012 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 7.9 | 2.9 | 7.7 | 1.4 |
April 2012 | 8.1 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 7.7 | 1.5 |
May 2012 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 8.4 | 3.2 | 8.1 | 1.6 |
June 2012 | 8.4 | 4.2 | 8.5 | 3.1 | 7.5 | 1.5 |
July 2012 | 8.5 | 4.1 | 8.2 | 3.2 | 7.0 | 1.5 |
August 2012 | 8.3 | 4.3 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 7.5 | 1.4 |
September 2012 | 8.8 | 4.7 | 8.7 | 3.6 | 7.4 | 1.4 |
October 2012 | 8.6 | 4.2 | 8.3 | 3.3 | 7.7 | 1.4 |
November 2012 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 8.0 | 3.3 | 7.4 | 1.4 |
December 2012 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 7.0 | 1.2 |
January 2013 | 9.2 | 4.8 | 8.8 | 3.6 | 8.0 | 1.2 |
February 2013 | 9.2 | 3.8 | 8.7 | 2.8 | 7.8 | 1.3 |
March 2013 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 7.5 | 2.0 |
April 2013 | 8.5 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 5.2 |
May 2013 | 8.7 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 4.8 | 7.0 | 4.9 |
June 2013 | 8.7 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 5.0 |
July 2013 | 8.6 | 5.0 | 7.9 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 4.8 |
August 2013 | 8.6 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 5.1 |
September 2013 | 9.1 | 5.7 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
October 2013 | 9.0 | 5.1 | 8.5 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 5.2 |
November 2013 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 4.8 |
December 2013 | 8.3 | 4.9 | 7.8 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 4.5 |
January 2014 | 9.4 | 5.8 | 9.0 | 5.8 | 9.4 | 6.2 |
February 2014 | 9.5 | 4.7 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 5.2 |
March 2014 | 8.8 | 4.8 | 8.2 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 5.4 |
April 2014 | 8.6 | 5.0 | 8.2 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 5.8 |
May 2014 | 9.1 | 5.5 | 8.4 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 6.3 |
June 2014 | 9.4 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 5.7 |
July 2014 | 8.9 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 5.5 |
August 2014 | 8.9 | 5.5 | 8.2 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
September 2014 | 9.5 | 6.0 | 9.2 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 6.3 |
October 2014 | 9.3 | 5.4 | 8.9 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 6.8 |
November 2014 | 9.2 | 5.4 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 6.2 |
December 2014 | 8.4 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
January 2015 | 9.7 | 6.1 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 6.9 |
February 2015 | 10.0 | 5.2 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 8.3 | 5.4 |
March 2015 | 9.1 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 5.6 |
April 2015 | 9.0 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 6.1 |
May 2015 | 9.3 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 5.8 |
Source: consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times, NHS England
Notes:
- London is defined as London Strategic Health Authority to March 2013 and London Area Team from April 2013.
- The information is published by National Health Service commissioning area (primary care trusts (PCTs) to March 2013 and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) from April 2013) and not by local authority or parliamentary constituency. Islington is therefore defined as Islington PCT to March 2013 and NHS Islington CCG from April 2013.
- Referral to treatment waiting times for patients whose wait ended during the month with an inpatient or day case admission for treatment.
- Referral to treatment waiting times for patients whose wait ended during the month for reasons other than an inpatient or day case admission for treatment (e.g. started treatment in an outpatient setting).
- Responsibility for the commissioning of consultant-led sexual health services was transferred to local authorities on 1 April 2013. This means that data is not consistent over the period and is likely to have had most effect on the median waits for non-admitted patients.