HC Deb 15 January 1974 vol 867 c19W
Mr. Leadbitter

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the numbers on the hospital waiting lists nationally, in hospital regions, and in the Hartlepool group of hospitals.

Mr. Alison

The numbers at 31st December 1972 were as follows. Figures for the end of 1973 are not yet available.

England 479,199
Hospital regions (including teaching hospitals)
Newcastle 25,856
Leeds 23,132
Sheffield 49.652
East Anglian 16,393
North-West Metropolitan 49,234
North-East Metropolitan 29,692
South-East Metropolitan 34,093
South-West Metropolitan 26,540
Oxford 22,247
South-Western 41,453
Birmingham 56,660
Manchester 63,263
Liverpool 20,157
Wessex 20,827
Hartlepools HMC 1,219