§ 75. Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Health what is his latest estimate of the waiting period in out-patients' depart- 158W meats of hospitals in England and Wales; and how this compares with the waiting period at each of the hospitals in North Staffordshire.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe waiting time inevitably varies from department to department and from patient to patient throughout the hospital service and single figures for individual hospitals or for the service as a whole cannot therefore be produced.