§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the numbers awaiting surgical operations in each of the health board areas in Scotland and the number completed during the past year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe numbers on waiting lists of surgical specialties as at 30 September 1984 and the number of cases operated on during the year 1984 were as follows:
Numbers on waiting lists of surgical specialties Number of cases operated on (including day cases) Argyll and Clyde 7,534 19,004 Ayrshire and Arran 4,610 21,642 Borders 238 3,547 Dumfries and Galloway 2,507 8,926 Fife 5,730 19,241 Forth Valley 2,515 18,556 Grampian 8,441 36,166 Greater Glasgow 17,400 80,715 Highland 1,697 14,286 Lanarkshire 6,879 31,280 Lothian 13,018 66,172 Orkney — 974 Shetland — 1,059 Tayside 7,085 34,717 Western Isles 43 1,317 All Scotland 77,697 357,602