§ 52. Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give the number of persons on the waiting list for geriatric beds in the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board area for 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968, respectively;
(2) what are the number of geriatric beds in the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board area, the number of persons on the waiting list, and the number residing in the Dearne Valley constituency.
§ Mr. CrossmanThe number of geriatric beds at 31st December, 1962, was 5,261. Waiting lists are not kept on a constituency basis but the following table gives the number of persons on the waiting list for the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board Area in the years 1962 to 1968.
Sheffield Regional Hospital Board Area Number of persons on the waiting lists for geriatric beds Position at 31st December: 1962 1,072 1963 1,335 1964 1,652 1965 1,489 1966 1,171 1967 1,173 1968 984