§ Mr. Burdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of people on hospital waiting lists per 1,000 of the population in the Medway towns; and how this compares with the national average.
§ Dr. OwenThe number of people on hospital waiting lists per 1,000 of the population in the Medway towns at 31st December 1973 was 5.6. The national average was 10.9.
§ Mr. Burdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average length of waiting lists for the admission for non-emergency cases in the Medway towns; and to what extent there has been a change over the last five years.
§ Dr. OwenThe number of people on waiting lists for non-emergency admission to hospitals in the Medway towns at 31st December in each of the past five years is as follows: