HC Deb 01 December 1971 vol 827 cc97-8W
34. Mr. Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the waiting period for hospital beds in the constituency of Stirling and Falkirk for gynaecological surgery.

Mr. Monro

The facilities for gynaecological surgery in the district are provided almost wholly by Stirling Royal Infirmary and Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary. At 30th September, 1971, the numbers on the waiting list for these hospitals were 112 and 657 respectively. It would be difficult to give an average waiting period because of the uncertain effect of urgent admissions and the different categories of cases but on 30th September the numbers of patients who had waited for over six months were 33 and 312 respectively.