§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what surgical specialty has (a) the longest waiting list, with numbers, and (b) the longest waiting time, with average length of wait.
§ Sir George YoungThe surgical specialty with the largest number of people awaiting in-patient admission to National Health Service hospitals in England on 31 March 1979 was general surgery, with 195,845 people on the list.
Average waiting times by specialty are not available.