§ Sir H. Harrisonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients are waiting to be admitted to the Ipswich and East Suffolk Hospital for non-urgent surgical operations; and how this compares with the number on 1st January 1973.
§ Mr. AlisonOne thousand and ninety-nine at 31st October, compared with 1,188 on 1st January 1973. This downward trend has continued despite some difficulties experienced during the year which have had the effect of reducing facilities for treatment of surgical cases.