§ 37. Mr. Formanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people who urgently need hospital treatment are having to wait orie month or more for admission.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe number of urgent cases that had been waiting for more than one month on 31 March 1981, the most recent date for which figures are available, was 26,621.
§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people he estimates have been treated in hospital during the winter for broken limbs; and at what estimated cost to the National Health Service.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThere is no information available to my right hon. Friend on which such estimates could be based.