Waiting Lists

HC Deb 19 June 1998 vol 314 c333W

Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how he proposes to reduce waiting lists in North East Wales. [45877]

Mr. Win Griffiths

An additional £20 million will be spent in 1998–99 on reducing inpatient and daycase waiting lists to below the level which the Government inherited. £4.124 million of this is available to North Wales Health Authority to reduce waiting lists in its area.

Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what new financial resources have been devoted to tackling waiting lists in the district hospital trusts at Wrexham and Bodelwyddan. [45876]

Mr. Win Griffiths

An additional £20 million will be spent in 1998–99 on reducing inpatient and daycase waiting lists to below the level which the Government inherited. £4.124 million of this is available to North Wales Health Authority to reduce waiting lists in its area. It will be for the Health Authority to consider how to allocate the additional funding to individual programmes.