HC Deb 10 December 1975 vol 902 cc224-5W
Mr. Kenneth Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of general surgical cases on the waiting list for surgical operations in the Nottingham General Hospital district at the present time; and how this compares with the figures for 1973 and 1974.

Dr. Owen

There was a total of 826 cases on surgical waiting lists at the General, Children's and Highbury Hospitals on 30th November. Comparative figures at 30th November are not available but at 30th September were as follows: 1975, 565; 1974, 850; 1973, 993.