§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what initiatives his Department intends to take to reduce waiting lists for elective surgery.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe NHS management executive is agreeing targets with all 14 regional health authorities for substantial reductions, by March 1992, in the number of patients who wait too long. We are continuing the special waiting list fund in 1991–92 to help health authorities tackle this problem.