HC Deb 06 February 1989 vol 146 c498W
Mr. Skinner

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been on the waiting list in north Derbyshire for over one year.

Mr. Mellor

At March 1988, 720 patients on the in-patient waiting list in north Derbyshire had been waiting over one year. This compares with 1,280 at March 1979. Provisional figures, currently being validated, indicate that the number reduced still further in the six months to September 1988.

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