Speeches

Nick Gibb – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick Gibb on 2014-04-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting time is for a routine new referral to Ophthalmology in the Western Sussex Hospitals Trust area; and if he will make a statement.

Dr Daniel Poulter

Information on the median average waiting time for patients waiting to start consultant-led ophthalmology treatment for all National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts in England is shown in the following table.

Latest data for February 2014 shows that the median average waiting time for patients waiting to start consultant-led ophthalmology treatment in the Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is 8.6 weeks.

Monthly Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times for incomplete pathways in ophthalmology, February 2014

Provider Name

Average (Median) Waiting Time (In Weeks)

Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

4.7

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

4.1

Ashford And St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

4.9

Barts Health NHS Trust

6.2

Bedford Hospital NHS Trust

6.0

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

7.3

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

5.5

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

4.9

Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

5.7

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

10.2

Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

5.7

Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

4.9

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

5.2

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

5.3

Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

5.1

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

6.5

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

5.1

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

4.7

Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

6.4

County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

6.8

Coventry And Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

4.4

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

4.9

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

5.3

Doncaster And Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

5.0

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

6.9

Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust

8.8

East And North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

4.5

East Cheshire NHS Trust

6.1

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

4.9

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

4.2

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

6.0

Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

4.9

Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

6.5

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

2.7

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

4.3

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

7.5

Guy’s And St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

4.2

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

5.7

Harrogate And District NHS Foundation Trust

5.5

Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust

5.3

Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust

3.6

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

3.0

Hull And East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

5.5

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

5.1

Isle Of Wight NHS Trust

5.5

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

4.8

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

5.7

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

6.1

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

4.6

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

5.0

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

4.8

Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust

5.1

Luton And Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

5.1

Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

6.3

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

5.6

Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust

5.7

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

4.7

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

5.4

Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

4.0

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

5.7

Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

6.4

North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust

7.2

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

6.0

North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

3.8

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

4.2

Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

5.5

Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust

5.4

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

5.3

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

8.5

Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

5.4

Peterborough And Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

5.4

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

5.8

Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

5.7

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

5.6

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

8.8

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

6.7

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

5.5

Royal Devon And Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

4.8

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

6.8

Royal Liverpool And Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

4.6

Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

5.9

Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust

5.2

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

4.0

Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

4.5

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

5.6

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

5.6

Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust

10.4

South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

4.2

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

6.3

South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust

6.8

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

5.8

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

5.4

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

4.4

Southport And Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

3.5

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust

7.0

St Helens And Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust

4.7

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

6.7

Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

6.2

Taunton And Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

8.3

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

5.8

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

4.1

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

4.7

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

5.4

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust

3.2

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

2.1

The Royal Bournemouth And Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

5.2

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

4.5

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

6.2

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

5.9

University Hospital Of North Staffordshire NHS Trust

4.8

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

5.6

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

5.3

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

5.3

University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust

5.2

University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust

5.8

University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

5.2

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

5.5

Warrington And Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

3.4

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

10.8

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

3.1

Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

8.6

Weston Area Health NHS Trust

5.6

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

6.0

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

4.7

Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust

4.2

Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

4.0

Wye Valley NHS Trust

5.6

Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

3.0

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

5.4

Notes:

1. Median waiting times are calculated from aggregate data, rather than patient level data, and therefore are only estimates of the position on average waits.

2. Median waiting times are not calculated for organisations (and treatment functions) with less than 50 pathways in the month.

3. The following trusts did not submit any RTT incomplete pathway data for February 2014:

– Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust;

– Barking, Havering & Redbridge NHS Trust;

– Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;

– Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;

– The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust; and

– Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust.