§ Mr. Wakehamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many urgent cases are awaiting admission to hospitals within the Essex area; how long they have been waiting; and what are the figures for individual hospitals of the area.
§ Mr. MoyleInformation is not available in the form requested. At 31st March 1978 there were 1,309 urgent cases awaiting admission to hospitals in the Essex area health authority. Of these, 835 had been waiting for more than one month. Figures for individual hospitals are riot available, but figures for each health district in the AHA are as follows:—
Urgent cases Urgent cases waiting more than one month Non urgent cases Non urgent cases waiting more than one year Total 1,309 835 15,323 2,520 16,632 Comparable sets of figures for the region and area for February and June 1974 are not available.