§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the current average waiting time for each Scottish health board for(a) knee and (b) hip joint replacement operations; and if he will list the five hospitals which have the longest waiting times. [43913]
§ Mr. GalbraithThe mean waiting time for knee and hip joint replacement operations at 31 March 1998 for each Health Board in Scotland is provided in Table 1. The five hospitals in Scotland with the longest mean waiting time for knee and hip joint replacement operations at 31 March 1998 is provided in Table 2.
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Table 1: Knee and hip joint replacement operations carried out by the NHS in Scotland Mean waiting times by area of residence at 31 March 19981 Area of residence Knee replacement days Hip joint replacement days Argyll & Clyde 189 144 Ayrshire & Arran 108 113 Borders 90 86 Dumfries & Galloway 204 137 Fife 131 115 Forth Valley 237 175 Grampian 94 82 Greater Glasgow 217 181 Highland 182 182 Lanarkshire 125 116 Lothian 145 133
Table 1: Knee and hip joint replacement operations carried out by the NHS in Scotland Mean waiting times by area of residence at 31 March 19981 Area of residence Knee replacement days Hip joint replacement days Orkney 74 55 Shetland 109 92 Tayside 141 123 Western Isles 75 59 Other/Not Known 106 96 Scotland 155 131 1 Provisional Source:
ISD Scotland
Table 2: Knee and hip joint replacement operations carried out by the NHS in Scotland aerations Hospitals with the longest mean waiting times at 31 March 19981 Knee operations days Hip joint operations days Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow 307 253 Stirling Royal Infirmary 256 193 Royal Alexandra Hospital 215 186 Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary 215 180 Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary 213 168 1 Provisional Source:
ISD Scotland
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