§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the waiting list and waiting times for orphopaedic operations within the Ayrshire and Arran health board area has been each month from January 1985 to the most recent available date.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation on waiting lists is collected centrally twice in each year. Data on waiting lists for orthopaedic operations are not held; but the number of people waiting for admission as in-patients to orthopaedic units in Ayrshire and Arran health board hospitals at 31 March and 30 September for the years requested is set out in table 1
The mean waiting times for those admitted from the waiting lists for operations in orthopaedic units in Ayrshire for the years requesed, is set out in table 2.
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Table 1 Orthopaedic in-patient waiting list Date Number 1985 31 March 1,220 30 September 1,255 1986 31 March 1,369 30 September 1,563 1987 31 March 1,593 30 September 1,454 19881 31 March 984 1 This figures relates to the "in-patient true waiting list" and is based on a new system of data collection. It is therefore not fully comparable with those previously collected.
Table 2 Mean length of wait in days for cases admitted from the orthopaedic waiting lists for operations Month Mean wait 1985 January 128.5 February 96.5 March 104.2 April 106.7 May 97.7 June 94.1 July 163.9 August 115.5 September 134.3 October 109.0 November 102.8 December 105.4 1986 January 108.4 February 115.1 March 120.3 April 118.9 May 105.8 June 103.0 July 100.8 August 150.7 September 143.2 October 135.4 November 132.3 December 139.3 1987 January 150.6 February 152.2 March 152.2 April 135.0 May 113.2 June 159.2 July 138.2 August 261.5 September 248.3 October 204.4 November 182.9 December 170.8 19881 January 109.1 February 121.4 March 119.9 1These figures are provisional and are based on incomplete interim data.