§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether all patients in the Coventry area whose doctors wish them to have a barium meal X-ray can have this diagnostic aid in a reasonably short time.
§ Dr. OwenThe average waiting time for a barium meal X-ray in Coventry is five and a half months for non-urgent cases. Urgent cases are attended to within a week. The health authorities are fully aware of the need to improve X-ray services in this area when resources allow.