§ 49. Mr. Gurdenasked the Minister of Health what are the numbers of non-urgent cases awaiting hospital accom
NUMBERS OF PATIENTS ON WAITING LISTS—ENGLAND AND WALES Region June 1967* December,1966 December,1965 December,1964 Total England and Wales 540,876 536,447 517,224 498,972 Newcastle 21,854 22,641 22,261 23,392 Leeds 23,128 23,667 21,539 20,999 Sheffield 44,553 42,420 41,951 40,234 East Anglian 12,857 13,421 13,351 12,393 North-West Metroplitan 32,264 33,020 30,878 29,854 South-East Metropolitan 27,385 25,816 25,372 25,421 South-West Metropolitan 34,632 35,026 33,617 31,996 Oxford 18,585 18,969 19,220 16,931 South Western 35,978 36,267 35,181 32,621 Welsh 24,241 22,456 21,600 19,197 Birmingham 51,824 51,375 47,612 45,483 Manchester 63,617 63,391 1,081 58,015 Liverpool 17,794 16,015 15,386 15,617 Wessex 17,448 16,350 15,198 14,961 London Undergraduate Teaching Hospitals 31,286 32,593 30,539 29,930 London Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals 19,020 10,113 11,178 10,436 Provincial Teaching Hospitals 49,426 48,938 47,691 47,585 *Latest available figures. Waiting list totals in June tend to be higher than those at the end of the year.