Waiting Time Initiative (Hansard, 19 November 1992)

§ Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for each health authority in Wales, for each of the last three years and for the current financial

Waiting times initiative: Funding and Schemes 1989–90–1992–93
District	1989–90	1990–91
	Allocation £	Schemes	Allocation £	Schemes
Clwyd	34,000	Purchase additional hip replacement operations.	40,000	ENT: additional in-patient operations to reduce waiting list.
East Dyfed	11,800	Dermatology: additional out-patient sessions at West Wales General Hospital.	102,000	Dermatology: additional out-patient, in-patient, and day cases to eliminate out-patient wait over three months.
Gwent	222,000	Trauma and orthopaedics: additional in-patient and out-patient.	249,000	Trauma and orthopaedics: additional in-patients and new out-patients.
Gwynedd	36,679	(i) Gynaecology: additional in-patient treatments.	57,460	Additional in-patients in ENT and gynaecology.
		(ii) Oral surgery: additional out-patients at Ysbyty Gwynedd and in-patients at Llandudno General.
Mid Glamorgan	298,126	(i) ENT: additional in-patient, out-patient and day case activity in Ogwr, Rhondda and Taff Ely.	216,000	(i) ENT: additional in-patient, out-patient and day case activity district wide.
		(ii) Dermatology: additional out-patients in Ogwr.		(ii) Dermatology: additional out-patients to reduce list over three months for first out-patient appointment.
		(iii) Orthopaedics: additional out-patients in Ogwr and Taff Ely.
Pembrokeshire	130,000	Purchase of additional hip replacement operations from the private sector.	110,000	(i) General surgery: additional in-patients district wide.
				(ii) Trauma and orthopaedics: additional hip and knee operations.
				(iii) District-wide waiting list validation exercise.
Powys	20,000	Additional in-patient cataract operations,	8,500	General surgery: additional in-patients at Bronglais General Hospital.
South Glamorgan	254,313	Trauma and orthopaedics: additional in-patient and out-patient activity district wide.	117,855	Trauma and orthopaedics: additional in-patient treatments district wide.
West Glamorgan	102,479	(i) Trauma and orthopaedics: additional out-patients at North Unit.	105,000	Trauma and orthopaedics: additional out-patients, in-patients and day cases district wide.
		(ii) Dermatology: additional out-patients at North and East Units.
		(iii) Minor operations: additional in-patients at East Unit.

District	1991–92	1992–93
	Allocation £	Schemes	^{1 2}Allocation £	Schemes
Clwyd	75,000	(i) Additional in-patient urology operations at Ysbyty Maelor.	103,500 (36,800)
		(ii) Additional orthopaedic operations at Glan Clwyd.
East Dyfed	48,000	(i) Equipment to permit an additional day case cataract operation session per week.	84,000 (5,900)
		(ii) Additional urology/ lithotripsy operations.
Gwent	60,000	(i) Additional day cases in general surgery, gynaecology and orthopaedics at Nevill Hall.	132,000 (16,800)
		(ii) Additional out-patient sessions in orthopaedics/physiotherapy at Royal Gwent.

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year, the allocation his Department has made under the waiting time initiative, giving details of the schemes for which the money has been specified.

§ Mr. Gwilym Jones

The information is as follows:

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District	1991–92	1992–93
	Allocation £	Schemes	^{1 2} Allocation £	Schemes
Gwynedd	36,000	ENT: Additional in-patients at Ysbyty Gwynedd.	85,000
Mid Glamorgan	170,000	(i) ENT: Additional in-patient treatments at Prince Charles and East Glamorgan Hospitals.	170,500 (17,200)
		(ii) Two additional out-patient clincs in Merthyr/Cynon Valley Unit.
		(iii) Dermatology: additional out-patients district wide.
Pembrokeshire	—	No allocation made.	35,500
Powys	18,000	District wide additional out-patient sessions in ENT, general surgery, ophthalmology and orthopaedics.	38,500 (2,100)
South Glamorgan	215,000	(i) Day surgery equipment at UHW.	123,000 (4,200)
		(ii) Surgical: lasers for UHW.
West Glamorgan	256,000	(i) Orthopaedics: additional out-patients at Neath General Hospital.	108,000 (17,000)
		(ii) Urology: additional day case treatments at Morriston.
		(iii) Ophthalmology: equipment to facilitate extra ophthalmologist at Singleton Hospital.
		(iv) Orthopaedics: additional in-patients, out-patients and day cases at Morriston Hospital.
¹ Figures in brackets are allocations to family health service authorities, on behalf of GP fund holders. 1992–93 is the first year that initiative funds have been allocated to both DHAs and GP fund holders.
² In 1992–93 allocations were not made to specific projects but were used to support DHA and GP fund-holder initiatives aimed at meeting the patients charter waiting times guarantees.