§ Mr. McGuireasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will bring up to date the table of figures relating
Percentage of Patients with a waiting period of: Specially under 2 weeks 2 weeks and under 1 month 1 month and under 2 months over 2 months Orthopaedics— Ormskirk District General Hospital … … 33 34 30 3 Royal Albert Edward Infirmary … … — — — 100 Ear, Nose and Throat— Ormskirk District General Hospital … … 40 20 17 23 Royal Albert Edward Infirmary … … — — — 100 General Surgery (which includes Urology)*— Ormskirk District General Hospital … … 50 28 22 — Royal Albert Edward Infirmary … … — 25 75 — Gynaecology— Ormskirk District General Hospital … … 39 30 30 1 Royal Albert Edward Infirmary … … — — 75 25 *Waiting times for urology are not separately available. Note 1: Urgent cases are seen without delay. Note 2: The national figures given on 21st October 1969 were derived from an ad hoc survey. There are no comparable up to date figures.