§ Mr. O'Halloranasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of patients on waiting lists for geriatric beds throughout England and Wales; and how many of these are in the Greater London area.
§ Mr. MoyleThe number of persons awaiting admission as in-patients to geriatric departments in NHS hospitals in England and Wales at 30th September 1976 was 4,809, of whom 466 were in the Greater London area.
Geriatric departments are defined as those under the care of physicians in geriatric medicine or other consultant physicians appointed to care for geriatric patients.