§ Mr. WinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average amount of time a person in:(a) the United Kingdom and (b) the west midlands will now have to wait for a National Health Service operation for eyes or ears.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information for England for the latest available year is given in the table. Information for the rest of the United Kingdom is the responsibility of my right hon. Friends, the Secretaries of State for Wales and Northern Ireland, and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.
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Estimated median interval (in weeks) between the time a patient is placed on the waiting list and admission to a NHS non-psychiatric
hospital for operations in 1985.
Condensed1list operation list West Midlands England All Eye Operations 010 Operations on muscles of eyeball 26 13 011 Operations on eyelids 4 7 012 Operations on iris and ciliary body 3 4 013 Operations on sclera, choroid, retina and vitreous u/r 3 014 Operations on lens 27 16 015 Other operations on eye 18 8 All Ear Operations 016 Incision of ear drum 9 10 017 Operations on middle ear and ossicles 16 14 018 Operations on mastoid 8 9 019 Other operations on ear 4 8 1 OPCS condensed list of surgical operations. u/r—sample number too small—unreliable estimate.