§ Mr. Hodgsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will publish in theOfficial Report the number of National Health Service beds available in the Walsall area per 1,000 population for all patients, geriatric patients, paediatric patients, general medical patients and acute surgical patients, respectively; and how these compare with the national average;
(2) what is the average number of patients on gynaecological waiting lists in the Walsall Area Health Authority; and how this compares with the national average.
§ Mr. MoyleThe position at 31st December 1976, the latest date for which information is readily available, is as follows:
BEDS PER 1,000 POPULATION Walsall England All patients 7.4 8.2 Geriatrics 0.6 1.2 Paediatrics 0.1 0.2 General Medicine 0.4 0.6 Acute Surgical 0.8 1.5
WAITING LISTS—GYNAECOLOGY Patients on waiting lists Patients on waiting lists per available bed Walsall 495 16.0 England 79,282 7.6
§ Mr. Hodgsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the authorised establishment of qualified radiologists at each of the hospitals in the Walsall Area Health Authority; and how many vacancies there are at each.
§ Mr. MoyleThe West Midlands Regional Health Authority has allocated 585W three posts for consultant radiologists to Walsall. Currently all three are vacant.
§ Mr. Hodgsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many vacancies there are for junior housemen, registrars and senior registrars, respectively, in the Walsall Area Health Authority.
§ Mr. Hodgsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many dentists per 1,000 population practise in the Walsall Area Health Authority; and how this compares with the national average.
§ Mr. MoyleOn the latest available information the number of dentists practising in the general dental services per 1,000 population is 0 .14 in the Walsall Area compared with 0 .25 for England.
§ Mr. Hodgsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many doctors have left the National Health Service in the last five years from the Walsall Area Health Authority; and how this compares with the national average.
§ Mr. Hodgsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the average waiting period for a patient needing a hernia operation in the Walsall Area Health Authority; and how this compares with the national average;
(2) what is the average waiting period for a patient needing a gall bladder operation in the Walsall Area Health Authority; and how this compares with the national average.
§ Mr. MoyleAt present for non-urgent cases the average waiting times are three years ten months and one year five months respectively. National average waiting times for these operations are not available.