§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients are awaiting cardiac surgery in(a) Teeside Region and (b) Middlesborough, South and Cleveland East; and if he will make a statement. [130502]
§ Mr. DenhamAt the end of March 2000,291 patients in the Tees Health Authority area were waiting for elective admission to a consultant whose main speciality is cardiothoracic surgery. Cardiothoracic surgery includes heart and lung surgery. The information is not collected at constituency level.