Jul 10 2004
The number of patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, waiting over 9 months at the end of May 2004 was 43.
This is 53,000 lower than May 2003. Of these 43, 7 were English residents waiting in Welsh hospitals.
At the end of May 2004, of the 43 waiting over 9 months, a total of 24 patients for whom English commissioners are responsible were waiting over 12 months, of which 2 were waiting in Welsh trusts.
The total number of patients waiting to be admitted to NHS hospitals in England at the end of May 2004 was 893,900; a fall of 6,000 (0.7%) since the end of April 2004, and a fall of 109,000 (10.9%) since May 2003.