§ Mr. Orbachasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in the Stockport area have been waiting for admission to hospitals for over 12 months.
§ Mr. AlisonInformation is not readily available in the form requested; but of 1,712 patients admitted to the hospitals in the Stockport area in the first quarter of 1972, 389 had waited not less than 12 months for admission.
§ Mr. Orbachasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people are awaiting admission to hospitals within the catchment area of the Stockport and Buxton Management Group at the latest possible date and one year and two years previously.
§ Mr. AlisonAt 31st May, 1972, 6,944 people were awaiting admission to hospitals in the Stockport and Buxton Hospital Management Committee area. The comparative figures for 31st May, 1971, and 31st May, 1970, were 7,011 and 7,766 respectively.