§ 110. Mr. Onslowasked the Minister of Health if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the average waiting period for urgent and non-urgent gynaecological operations, respectively, in each of the regional hospital board areas in England and Wales for each of the last three years.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonUrgent cases are admitted without delay. Below is a list of average waiting periods during 1964 for non-urgent cases of diseases of the breast and genital organs, most of which require an operation. Information for later years is not yet available.
Average Wailing Period in 1964 for Females Suffering from Diseases of the Breast and Genital Organs Region Number of Weeks Newcastle … 12.8 Leeds … 9.6 Sheffield … 17.5 East Anglian … 13.9 North-West Metropolitan … 8.8 North-East Metropolitan … 9.9 South-East Metropolitan … 10.9 South-West Metropolitan … 9.2 Oxford … 13.0 South-Western … 12.8 Welsh … 14.1 Birmingham … 14.1 Manchester … 15.0 Liverpool … 8.1 Wessex … 11.8