§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the number of people on the waiting list and the length of wait for each surgical specialty for each hospital in the Mersey regional health authority.
§ Mr. Moyle:The cost of assembling information in the form requested would be disproportionate. Following are the numbers of patients who were awaiting treatment in each surgical specialty in the districts of Mersey regional health authority on 30th September 1978:
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Macclesfield Chester Crewe Warrington Liverpool St. Helens and Knowsley Sefton North Sefton South Wirral North Wirral South General surgery 1,044 923 2,320 1,414 1,313 261 519 683 313 315 Urology — — 429 — 393 — — 78 — — ENT 226 270 196 401 697 835 304 1,360 389 672 Trauma and orthopaedic 446 597 143 546 1,262 908 305 1,226 274 480 Ophthalmology 14 121 47 58 625 90 52 108 177 — Dental surgery 122 47 223 — 479 — — 99 — 19 Gynaecology 651 236 584 309 1,188 444 421 309 419 153 Thoracic surgery — — — — 138 — — — — — Paediatric cardiac surgery — — — — 70 — — — — — Neurosurgery — — — — — — — 178 — — Plastic surgery — — — — 71 794 — — — —