Health written question – answered at on 13 January 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for an initial referral to a consultant rheumatologist is in each strategic health authority.
The table shows average waiting times for a first rheumatology out-patient appointment following general practitioner (G(D)P) referral.
Strategic health authority | Median waiting times (weeks) |
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Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire HA | 11.1 |
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HA | 9.9 |
Essex HA | 8.3 |
North West London HA | 10.2 |
North Central London HA | 8.6 |
North East London HA | 10.8 |
South East London HA | 9.1 |
South West London HA | 14.0 |
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear | 7.6 |
County Durham & Tees Valley | 7.7 |
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire HA | 10.5 |
West Yorkshire HA | 8.8 |
Cumbria & Lancashire HA | 9.7 |
Greater Manchester HA | 10.6 |
Cheshire & Merseyside HA | 10.2 |
Thames Valley HA | 7.7 |
Hampshire and Isle of Wight HA | 7.8 |
Kent and Medway HA | 9.6 |
Surrey and Sussex HA | 8.9 |
Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire HA | 8.7 |
South West Peninsula HA | 10.6 |
Somerset & Dorset HA | 7.2 |
South Yorkshire HA | 8.0 |
Trent HA | 8.7 |
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland HA | 10.4 |
Shropshire and Staffordshire HA | 11.1 |
Birmingham and The Black Country HA | 8.2 |
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire HA | 12.6 |
Source:
Department of Health form QM08
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