§ 45. Mr. Costainasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the waiting times for out-patient clinics at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone, for the three general medical practitioners, 156W the two ENT surgery practitioners and the two genito-urinary practitioners, respectively.
§ Dr. OwenThere are five general practitioners who assist in out-patient clinics at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone, but it is not possible to identify individual waiting times for them. There are, however, hospital consultants working in the specialties described; their waiting times are as follows:
General Medicine (2) … 7 weeks General Medicine (1) … 16 weeks ENT (1) … 18 weeks ENT (1) … 22 weeks Genito-urinary (1) … 51 weeks There is another general surgeon who occasionally accepts genito-urinary cases, but it is not possible to identify these waiting times separately. Emergency cases are not of course subject to delay.