§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the current numbers of people waiting for (i) urgent and (ii) non-urgent operations in each specialty in the Leicestershire district health authority.
§ Mr. NewtonThe latest available information is given in the table. The September 1987 waiting list figures are being compiled and will be published as soon as possible. Following the recommendations of the steering group on the health services information, the classification of cases as urgent or non-urgent has been dropped, and much more detailed information about waiting times will be available.
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Patients on in-patient waiting list at 31 March 1987 District health authority: Leicestershire Specialty Total Numbers Urgent cases Numbers Non-urgent cases All On list more than one month All On list more than one year Percentage non-urgent cases on list more than one year as percentage of total General medicine 6 — — — — 0.0 Paediatrics 0 — — — — 0.0 Thoracic medicine 0 — — — — 0.0 Dermatology 0 — — — — 0.0 Neurology 11 — — — — 0.0 Cardiology 183 — — — — 0.0 Rehabilitation 0 — — — — 0.0 Genito-urinary medicine 0 — — — — 0.0 Rheumatology 4 — — — — 0.0 Geriatrics 10 — — — — 0.0 Units for younger disabled 0 — — — — 0.0 General surgery 928 — — — 44 4.7 Ear, nose and throat 1,553 — — — 195 12.6 Traumatic and orthopaedic 1,340 — — — 218 16.3 Ophthalmology 727 — — — 29 4.0 Radiotherapy 14 — — — — 0.0 Urology 452 — — — 7 1.5 Plastic surgery 1,091 — — — 568 52.1 Thoracic surgery 446 — — — 22 4.9 Oral surgery 260 — — — 30 11.5 Orthodontics 0 — — — — 0.0 Neurosurgery 0 — — — — 0.0 Gynaecology 1,151 — — — 10 0.9 Psychiatry children 0 — — — — 0.0 Mental handicap 0 — — — — 0.0 Mental illness 15 — — — — 0.0 Adolescent psychiatry units 0 — — — — 0.0 G. P. other 9 — — — — 0.0 G. P. dental 0 — — — — 0.0 Accident and emergency 0 — — — — 0.0 Anaesthetics 0 — — — — 0.0 Audiological medicine 0 — — — — 0.0 Cardiac surgery 0 — — — — 0.0 Child assessment unit 0 — — — — 0.0 Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 0 — — — — 0.0 Endocrinology 0 — — — — 0.0 Forensic psychiatry 10 — — — 1 10.0 Gastroenterology 0 — — — — 0.0 Haematology 0 — — — — 0.0 Medical oncology 0 — — — — 0.0 Nephrology 0 — — — — 0.0 Paediatric surgery 0 — — — — 0.0 Pathology 0 — — —. — 0.0 Psychogeriatric 68 — — — 1 1.5 Radiology 0 — — — — 0.0 Restorative dentistry 0 — — — — 0.0 Spinal injuries unit 0 — — — — 0.0 Paediatric dentistry 0 — — —. — 0.0 Other 0 — — — — 0.0 Surgical specialties—sub-total 7,962 — — — 1,123 14.1 All specialties—total 8,278 — — — 1,125 13·6