HC Deb 20 January 1981 vol 997 c142W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons are awaiting admission to hospital for treatment in the Macclesfield area at the latest convenient date, broken down into the categories of complaint for which they are awaiting treatment.

Sir George Young

[pursuant to his reply, 19 January, 1981]: On 30 September 1980, numbers waiting were as follows:

Complaint Number
General Medicine 1
General Surgery 1,219
Ear, Nose and Throat 167
Trauma and Orthopaedic 561
Dental Surgery 118
Gynaecology 372
Geriatrics 46
Mental Illness 53
Total 2,537