HL Deb 13 November 1980 vol 414 cc1556-8WA
Lord BLEASE

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish details of the waiting lists for admission to hospitals in each of the four administrative Board areas in Northern Ireland for each quarter since December 1977, and in the following specialties: general surgery; ear, nose and throat; gynoecology; tonsils and adenoids; orthopaedic surgery; other specialties.

The PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY of STATE, NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE (Lord Elton)

The information is as follows:

HEALTH BOARD SPECIALTY QUARTER ENDED
31.12.77 31.3.78 30.6.78 30.9.78 31.12.78 31.3.79 30.6.79 30.9.79 31.12.79 31.3.80 30.6.80
Eastern General Surgery … … 2,963 2,601 2,736 2,833 3,000 3,195 3,453 3,263 3,345 3,329 2,918
Ear, Nose and Throat—Total … … 2,838 2,553 2,683 2,452 2,431 2,874 2,881 2,670 2,606 2,404 2,524
*Tonsils and Adenoids … … (1,599) (1,111) (894)
Gynaecology … … 1,536 1,124 1,095 984 1,004 992 1,049 1,031 1,059 1,092 1,159
Traumatic and Orthopaedic Surgery … … 3,470 3,677 3,926 4,046 4,139 4,454 4,880 4,699 4,695 4,599 4,891
†Other Specialties … … 5,087 5,223 5,650 5,098 5,042 5,129 5,198 5,182 4,916 5,055 5,189
15,714 15,178 16,090 15,413 15,616 16,644 17,461 16,845 16,621 16,479 16,681
Northern General Surgery … … 1,138 1,310 1,174 1,282 1,206 1,175 1,060 943 820 667 638
Ear, Nose and Throat—Total … … 882 902 946 925 986 948 977 924 899 904 845
*Tonsils and Adenoids … … (632) (691)
Gynaecology … … 522 513 525 455 443 396 525 499 484 486 345
Traumatic and Orthopaedic Surgery … …
†Other Specialties … … 47 67 68 53 50 74 53 51 57 70 73
2,589 2,792 2,713 2,715 2,685 2,593 2,615 2,417 2,260 2,127 1,901
Southern General Surgery … … 876 849 963 896 939 999 870 798 770 757 778
Ear, Nose and Throat—Total … … 1,337 1,329 1,414 1,366 1,332 1,375 1,359 1,290 1,198 1,066 1,196
*Tonsils and Adenoids … … (728) (731)
Gynaecology … … 281 338 386 413 437 545 484 478 509 565 593
Traumatic and Orthopaedic Surgery … …
†Other Specialties … … 64 79 90 88 88 110 106 73 79 95 100
2,558 2,595 2,853 2,763 2,796 3,029 2,819 2,639 2,556 2,483 2,667
Western General Surgery … … 484 494 632 613 659 844 727 774 752 774 526
Ear, Nose and Throat—Total … … 390 392 420 383 430 594 796 733 727 801 787
*Tonsils and Adenoids … … (204) (238)
Gynaecology … … 453 424 431 334 397 454 441 426 311 284 274
Traumatic and Othopaedic Surgery … … 460 301 369 423 297 340 331 358 340 335 336
†Other Specialties … … 162 202 172 192 216 298 243 180 186 237 187
1,949 1,813 2,024 1,945 1,999 2,530 2,538 2,471 2,316 2,431 2,110
TOTALS (all Boards) … … 22,810 22,378 22,680 22,836 23,096 24,796 25,433 24,372 23,753 23,520 23,359
*Where available.
†Excludes psychiatric and mental handicap hospitals