§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were on the waiting lists for inpatient treatment at National Health Service hospitals at the end of 1981 and at the end of 1982 in each district health authority area.
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§ Mr. John PattenThe number of persons on the waiting list for inpatient treatment at National Health Service hospitals on 30 September 1982, the latest available date, in each district health authority is as follows, together with comparative information for 30 September 1981 where available.
The increase in numbers over this period reflects the consequences of industrial action in the Health Service in 1982.
Number of Persons on Inpatient Waiting List Region—Northern Regional Health Authority District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 Hartlepool 1,206 1,841 North Tees 1,191 1,958 South Tees 6,175 10,319 East Cumbria * 3,323 South Cumbria * 1,152 West Cumbria 1,083 1,870 Darlington 1,695 3,140 Durham 989 1,489 North West Durham 973 1,325 South West Durham 676 803 Northumberland 1,470 1,896 Gateshead 937 1,661 Newcastle 8,468 11,524 North Tyneside 680 1,721 South Tyneside 480 1,047 Sunderland 3,703 4,889
Region—Yorkshire Regional Health Authority District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 Hull 5,189 7,050 East Yorkshire 1,698 1,924 Grimsby 2,435 2,355 Scunthorpe 2,235 4,609 Northallerton 484 623 York 1,625 2,710 Scarborough 1,656 2,200 Harrogate 1,315 1,274 Bradford 4,191 6,663 Airedale 1,754 1,686 Calderdale 1,083 1,166 Huddersfield 2,160 3,308 Dewsbury 673 1,181 Leeds Western * 4,330 Leeds Eastern * 6,169 Wakefield 2,083 3,216 Pontefract 1,397 2,569
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Region—Trent Regional Health Authority District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 North Derbyshire 2,962 3,511 South Derbyshire 4,946 6,322 Leicestershire 6,736 7,177 North Lincolnshire 3,286 4,129 South Lincolnshire 4,144 4,428 Bassetlaw 775 1,185 Central Nottinghamshire 5,008 7,154 Nottingham 9,420 10,988 Barnsley 2,648 3,934 Doncaster * 6,132 Rotherham * 3,871 Sheffield 11,280 14,678
Region—East Anglia Regional Health Authority District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 Cambridge * 6,708 Peterborough 3,155 3,770 West Suffolk * 2,027 East Suffolk * 3,097 Norwich 8,276 10,980 Great Yarmouth and Waveney 3,178 4,194 West Norfolk and Wisbech 1,642 1,688 Huntingdon * 471
Region—North West Thames Regional Health Authority District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 North Bedfordshire 2,647 2,657 South Bedfordshire 1,868 2,382 North Hertfordshire 3,140 3,155 East Hertfordshire 1,395 1,847 North West Hertfordshire 2,267 2,697 South West Hertfordshire 2,056 1,986 Barnet 3,346 3,628 Harrow 1,107 1,370 Hillingdon 6,787 6,009 Hounslow and Spelthorne * 3,127 Ealing 1,319 1,489 Brent 1,794 1,737 Paddington 2,256 2,813 Hammersmith and Fulham 2,957 3,092 Victoria 2,593 2,796
Region—North East Thames Regional Health Authority District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 Basildon and Thurrock 5,413 5,888 Mid Essex 3,040 3,246 North East Essex 3,572 3,510 West Essex 1,956 2,555 Southend 2,979 3,248 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 4,519 4,474 Hampstead * 1,979 Bloomsbury * 9,632 Islington * 1,098 City and Hackney 3,823 4,586 Newham 1,289 2,222 Tower Hamlets 5,226 6,003 Enfield 2,852 3,068 Haringey 1,743 1,708 Redbridge 1,546 1,719 Waltham Forest 3,520 3,271
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Region—South East Thames Regional Health Authority District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 Brighton 4,039 3,863 Eastbourne 2,012 2,552 Hastings 2,759 2,547 South East Kent 3,763 3,946 Canterbury and Thanet 3,561 4,136 Dartford and Gravesham 2,935 2,916 Maidstone 2,239 2,190 Medway 2,245 3,273 Tunbridge Wells 6,514 6,220 Bexley 1,010 1,123 Greenwich 2,004 2,362 Bromley 1,652 1,931 West Lambeth * 6,038 Camberwell 2,760 3,388 Lewisham and North Southwark 3,418 5,335
Region—South West Thames Regional Health Authority District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 North West Surrey 2,397 2,315 West Surrey and North East Hants 3,309 3,708 South West Surrey 2,879 2,385 Mid Surrey 2,043 2,150 East Surrey 1,073 1,257 Chichester 2,400 2,786 Mid Downs 2,432 2,621 Worthing 3,007 3,756 Croydon 2,634 3,093 Kingston and Esher * 3,194 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton * 2,313 Wandsworth 2,837 3,239 Merton and Sutton 2,545 3,639
Region—Wessex Regional Health Authority District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 East Dorset 5,185 4,361 West Dorset 1,716 2,015 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 6,466 6,831 Southampton and South West Hampshire 6,806 9,080 Winchester 2,084 2,309 Basingstoke and North Hampshire 3,384 3,698 Salisbury 4,259 4,770 Swindon 2,560 2,825 Bath 6,632 8,079 Isle of Wight 1,183 1,349
Region—Oxford Regional Health Authority District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 Regional Management — — East Berkshire 7,807 8,244 West Berkshire 2,843 3,256 Aylesbury * 6,450 Wycombe 965 1,134 Milton Keynes * 6 Kettering 3,234 2,848 Northampton 5,805 6,793 Oxfordshire 6,099 7,003
Region—South Western Regional Health Authority District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 Bristol and Weston 6,571 7,142 Frenchay 6,352 5,855 Southmead 2,046 2,958 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 4,247 5,238 Exeter 3,255 4,436 North Devon * 1,558 Plymouth * 5,897 Torbay 2,184 2,368 Cheltenham * 1,782 Gloucester * 4,959 Somerset 5,047 4,949
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Region—West Midlands Regional Health Authority District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 Bromsgrove and Redditch 1,455 1,475 Herefordshire 2,139 2,272 Kidderminster and District 925 1,070
District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 Worcester and District 2,482 2,651 Shropshire 7,023 8,441 Mid Staffordshire 2,447 2,440 North Staffordshire 9,529 8,862 South East Staffordshire 2,358 2,026 Rugby 947 864 North Warwickshire 1,907 1,944 South Warwickshire 2,449 3,194 Central Birmingham * 7,635 East Birmingham 4,194 4,600 North Birmingham 2,885 2,723 South Birmingham 5,521 6,878 West Birmingham * 4,269 Coventry 6,894 8,759 Dudley 5,796 5,441 Sandwell 2,200 1,721 Solihull 1,891 2,278 Walsall 3,025 3,324 Wolverhampton 3,667 3,677
Region—Mersey Regional Health Authority District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 Chester 1,685 2,940 Crewe 4,476 5,128 Halton 8 7 Macclesfield 2,444 2,302 Warrington 3,196 3,037 Liverpool 7,172 8,553 St. Helens and Knowsley 3,558 3,288 North Sefton 1,310 1,373 South Sefton 6,000 6,332 Wirral 3,256 4,714
Region—North western Regional Health Authority District Health Authority (DHA) 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 Lancaster 1,681 1,784 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 3,874 4,117 Preston * 5,287 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 3,761 3,294 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 2,978 3,542 West Lancashire 2,282 2,433 Chorley and South Ribble * 651 Bolton 3,195 3,348 Bury 904 979 North Manchester 3,213 4,726 Central Manchester 5,166 5,358 South Manchester 6,684 8,120 Oldham 3,762 5,071 Rochdale 2,500 2,342 Salford 3,792 5,371 Stockport 3,995 4,430 Tameside and Glossop 2,159 2,866 Trafford 942 1,301 Wigan 3,596 4,677
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Region—Special Health Authorities and Boards of Governors Hospital 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 The Hospitals for Sick Children 1,454 1,454 The National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases 270 441 Moorfields Eye Hospital 1,328 1,458 The Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudsley Hospital 119 128 The National Heart and Chest Hospitals 963 1,073
Hospital 30 September 1981 30 September 1982 The Royal Marsden Hospital 324 331 Hammersmith Hospital * 1,790 Queen Charlotte's Hospital for Women 327 377 The Eastman Dental Hospital nil nil * Comparable figures not available because of NHS restructuring on 1 April 1982.