§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the increase in waiting lists and waiting times for gynaecology inpatient and outpatient treatment respectively in south London hospitals following the closure of the South London hospital for women.
§ Mr. John PattenThe requested information on out patients is not available centrally. The available information for in-patients is given in the table. In general, figures on waiting lists are believed to include a significant proportion of duplicated entries and patients who no longer require treatment. About half of all admissions to hospital are immediate and many of those on waiting lists already have a planned date of admission.
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South East Thames and South West Thames Regional Health Authorities—District Health Authorities wholly or partly within the Greater London area Number of persons on in-patient waiting lists for admission to the specialty of gynaecology Date Urgent Non-urgent Total cases All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year 31 March 1984 308 118 2,870 323 3,178 30 September 1984 123 37 2,538 206 2,661 31 March 1985* 93 36 2,491 139 2,584 * Provisional.