§ Mr. Loydenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what plans he has to seek to reduce the waiting list for patients awaiting treatment at the Royal Liverpool hospital.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 16 February 1987, c. 510]: Liverpool district health authority is to receive £252,000 from the Mersey region's allocation from the waiting list fund for 1987–88. This will mean that 970 extra patients will be treated at the Royal Liverpool hospital, along with 80 at Broadgreen hospital and some 70 at Alder Hey children's hospital. The projects funded include the provision of a new ward and additional theatre sessions in urology and the elimination of the waiting list for paediatric spinal disorders.