HC Deb 21 December 1964 vol 704 c172W
Lord Balniel

asked the Minister of Health if he will state the number of people on the waiting list for admission into the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City, the category of treatment for which they are waiting, and the average waiting time for each category.

Mr. K. Robinson

Urgent cases are admitted at once. As the noble Lord will be aware, the full commissioning of this hospital is necessarily a gradual process, and no meaningful figure of average waiting times can be given. The total waiting list is at present 776, made up as follows:

Numbers Speciality
338 General Surgery.
4 Paediatrics.
4 General Medicine.
23 Dentistry.
53 Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery.
128 Gynaecology.
137 Ear, Nose and Throat (Tonsils and Adenoids).
89 Ear, Nose and Throat (Other).