HC Deb 24 June 1988 vol 135 c745W
Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has any plans to

Mean wait in days for all specialists except obstetrics, mental illness and mental handicap by health board of treatment—1975 to 1986
Health board of treatment 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Argyll and Clyde 104 103 107 84 91 99 93 77 99 91 93 85
Ayrshire and Arran 93 83 77 81 90 89 82 90 104 103 92 80
Borders 103 81 79 83 87 72 83 59 58 54 52 52
Dumfries and Galloway 112 109 102 101 95 122 94 90 138 116 101 95
Fife 99 96 89 77 89 83 95 67 133 112 101 95
Forth Valley 82 98 110 88 105 87 82 65 78 71 60 55
Grampian 70 66 65 61 90 91 86 69 132 102 83 78
Greater Glasgow 64 71 67 64 74 65 63 60 105 79 66 66
Highland 63 58 51 47 48 46 49 54 57 61 63 71
Lanarkshire 93 81 73 68 76 69 64 66 77 56 51 46
Lothian 67 71 71 61 83 67 59 58 81 67 61 65
Orkney 11 28 175 18 22 22 18 21 17 18 28 18
Shetland 61 64 73 89 90 110 112 67 67 51 56 44
Tayside 70 71 79 66 71 67 74 69 92 86 86 87
Western Isles 45 39 34 35 45 48 45 47 53 40 41 51
Scotland 75 77 75 67 80 73 71 65 95 80 72 71
1 This mean is based on five cases.