§ Mr. Bruceasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a breakdown of the average waiting time for hip replacement operations in each health board area in Scotland.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe latest available information relates to mean waiting times (in days) in 1983 and is as follows:
Days Argyll and Clyde 289 Ayrshire and Arran 237 Borders 100 Dumfries and Galloway 181 Fife 317 Forth Valley 349 Grampian 211 Greater Glasgow 188 Highland 238 Lanarkshire 170 Lothian 220 Orkney — Shetland — Tayside 281 Western Isles — All Scotland 232 Waiting times for 1983 were affected by the consequences of industrial action in 1982.