§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide figures to show the number of elderly people awaiting admission to a hospital bed or in need of geriatric accommodation in each health authority area; and if he will indicate the average waiting time in each case.
§ Mr. MoyleFollowing are the figures for patients waiting for admission to geriatric departments in hospitals:
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Region by Area Health Authority Total numbers of all cases Percentage of urgent cases waiting more than one month Percentage of non-urgent cases waiting more than one year Mean waiting time in weeks for cases discharged in 1974* North East Thames Essex … 107 54 — Barking/Havering … 65 41 — Camden/Islington … 18 — — City and East London … 2 — — Enfield and Haringey … 5 — — Redbridge and Waltham Forest … 16 — — Regional Total … 213 44 — 2.6 South East Thames Lambeth/Southwark/Lewisham … 26 — 26 Greenwich and Bexley … 55 — 13 Kent … 113 15 2 East Sussex … 42 — 5 Bromley … 3 — — Regional Total … 239 13 9 1.4 South West Thames Surrey … 113 20 8 West Sussex … 47 — — Croydon … 21 24 — Kingston and Richmond … 6 — — Merton/Sutton/Wandsworth … 135 — 5 Regional Total … 322 17 5 3.2 Wessex Dorset … 137 51 — Hampshire … 145 15 2 Wiltshire … 22 — — Isle of Wight … 16 — — Regional Total … 320 44 1 3.2 Oxford Berkshire … 25 — — Buckinghamshire … 13 — 31 Northamptonshire … 10 — — Oxfordshire … — — — Regional Total … 48
— 9 2.1 South Western Avon … 57 79 21 Cornwall … 61 70 15 Devon … 158 — — Gloucestershire … 34 — — Somerset … 18 — — Regional Total … 328 73 5 4.0 West Midlands Hereford and Worcester … 75 — 20 Salop … 222 — 39 Staffordshire … 402 35 37 Warwickshire … 89 55 33 Birmingham … 32 — — Coventry … 38 — 8 Dudley … 39 — — Sandwell … 33 79 32 Solihull … — — — Walsall … 16 — — Wolverhampton … 5 — — Regional Total … 951 44 30 2.6 Mersey Sefton … 71 28 — Wirral … 57 — 8 Cheshire … 75 — 17 Liverpool … 56 — 5 St. Helens and Knowsley … 17 — — Regional Total … 276 25 9 3.1
Region by Area Health Authority Total numbers of all cases Percentage of urgent cases waiting more than one month Percentage of non-urgent cases waiting more than one year Mean waiting time in weeks for cases discharged in 1974* North Western Lancashire … … … 171 26 3 Bolton … … … 41 — — Bury … … … — — — Manchester … … … 89 75 2 Oldham … … … — — — Rochdale … … … — — — Salford … … … 49 34 — Stockport … … … 44 60 3 Tameside … … … 3 — — Trafford … … … 13 — — Wigan … … … 21 — — Regional Total … … … 431 41 2 3.8 * Source: Hospital In-patient Enquiry (the only source of mean waiting times) contains figures for mean waiting times at national and regional levels only. Data on waiting time for those currently waiting for admission are limited to the number and percentage of urgent cases waiting more than one month and the number and percentage of non-urgent cases waiting more than one year. Figures are available for the mean waiting time for admission for cases discharged in 1974. A dash in any position ndicates that there are no cases in that category or, for percentages, that the figure is less than 0.5.