HC Deb 19 December 1973 vol 866 cc345-6W
Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people have been waiting for hospital admissions in Nuneaton for (1) six months or more, and (2) one year or more.

Mr. Alison

At 18th December 1973 the position was as follows: 451 patients had been waiting from six months to one year and 446 had been waiting over one year.

Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the present waiting list and average waiting time for each of the departments of Nuneaton hospitals.

Mr. Alison

The latest information readily available is given in the following table and shows the number of patients awaiting admission to George Eliot Hospital and Manor Hospital at 30th September 1973, together with the waiting time, in weeks, by patients admitted to these hospitals from the waiting lists during 1972:

that the interest created by the report be maintained, and hope that with the advice I receive it will be possible to make an early start upon some of the action needed in reshaping the rôle and responsibilities of the members of these professions. The report is being published tomorrow by Her Majesty's Stationery Office and a copy placed in the Library.