§ Mr. Edgeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the average time of waiting of people who require hernia operations.
§ Dr. OwenInformation in exactly this form is not available. The following is taken from the Report on the Hospital In-Patient Inquiry, which among other things gives average waiting times for patients admitted from waiting lists in England and Wales in 1972, the latest year for which statistics have been published: Hernia, with or without obstruction: 16.4 weeks.