§ Mr. CollinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were waiting for pancreatic cancer surgery at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital on 6 March.[7520]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 18 October 2001]: Patients who need pancreatic cancer surgery at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital are brought in very urgently and do not appear on the trust's waiting list. There were no patients waiting for pancreatic cancer surgery at the end of March 2001, the closest date for which figures are available.