§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT, in detail, the number of persons awaiting different types of operations to be performed in hospitals in the Carlisle area and the average waiting time for each patient.
§ Mr. AlisonInformation in the form requested is not available, but the following table shows the number of patients who, at 30th November 1972, had waited 57W for the times stated, for admission to surgical beds administered by the East
Specialty Up to 1 month 1–2 months 2–4 months 4–12 months Over 12 months Total General Surgery … … 173 150 93 106 25 547 ENT(T & A) … … 67 41 19 3 — 130 ENT (others) … … 40 24 18 31 30 143 Gynaecology … … 106 77 101 135 9 428 Ophthalmology … … 40 59 18 17 17 151 Orthopaedics … … 14 14 10 17 7 62 Dental Surgery … … 38 39 38 50 — 165 All Surgical Specialties … … 478 404 297 359 88 1,626