§ Mr. Gourlayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of cases on the waiting lists for general surgical, orthopaedic, bynaecological and ENT operations, respectively, and the numbers waiting for geriatric and psychogeriatric
Health Board General Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery Argyll and Clyde … … … 2,127 356 412 Ayrshire and Arran … … 1,038 172 1,960 Borders … … … … 399 172 28 Dumfries and Galloway … … 1,444 122 221 Fife … … … … … 1,457 1,157 469 Forth Valley … … … 768 645 544 Grampian … … … … 1,205 390 753 Greater Glasgow … … … 2,368 1,453 1,528 Highland … … … … 170 400 313 Lanarkshire … … … 1,269 413 764 Lothian … … … … 1,523 795 1,447 Orkney … … … … Nil Nil Nil Shetland … … … … 56 Nil Nil Tayside … … … … 1,116 889 426 Western Isles … … … 10 Nil 6 Figures of psycho-geriatric waiting lists are not available. The geriatric waiting list figures are shown below. It is not possible to sub-divide the gynaecological figures into medical and surgical and the figures which are given below are totals.
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Health Board Geriatric Gynaecology Argyll and Clyde 213 669 Ayrshire and Arran 274 655 Borders 44 33 Dumfries and Galloway 48 452 Fife 116 320 Forth Valley 96 662 Grampian 196 876 Greater Glasgow 217 1,028 Highland 30 273 Lanarkshire 85 1,105 Lothian 431 1,290 Orkney Nil Nil Shetland 36 Nil Tayside 86 531 Western Isles 30 12 beds in each of the health board areas in Scotland at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. William RossThe waiting list figures at 31st December 1974 for general surgical, orthopaedic and ENT operations are set out in the table below.