§ 11. Mr. BurtTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the in-patient waiting list figures in March for the North Western regional health authority; and what were the figures for the previous year, and 1979.
§ Mr. MellorThere were 61,800 patients on the inpatient waiting list in North Western region at 31 March 1988. This compares with 63,900 at March 1987 and 77,400 at March 1979.