§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many registered blind people are in receipt of the attendance allowance at the higher or the lower rate.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisInformation is not available in relation to registered blind people as such. There were, however, at 31st March this year 1,680 people receiving the allowance at the higher rate and
NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON IN-PATIENT WAITING LIST 30TH SEPTEMBER 1975 Urgent cases Non-urgent cases Specialty Total Cases on list for more than one month Total Cases on list for more than one year Total all cases General Medicine … … … 0 0 11 0 11 Dermatology … … … 9 7 2 0 11 Rheumatology … … … — — — — — Geriatrics … … … … — — — — — General Surgery … … … 65 28 947 263 1,012 ENT … … … … 23 10 350 1 373 Traumatic and orthopaedic … 92 79 349 214 441 Urology … … … … — — — — — Ophthalmology … … … 0 0 100 0 100 Gynaecology … … … 45 11 381 7 426 Psychiatric Children … … — — — — — Psycho-Geriatric … … … 2 0 44 5 46 Total … … … 236 135 2,184 490 2,420
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30TH SEPTEMBER 1976 Urgent cases Non-urgent cases Specialty Total Cases on list for more than one month Total Cases on list for more than one year Total all cases General Medicine … … … — — — — — Dermatology … … … 3 1 0 0 3 Rheumatology … … … — — — — — Geriatrics … … … … 0 0 12 0 12 General Surgery … … … 38 20 1,156 242 1,194 ENT … … … … 20 12 612 23 632 Traumatic and orthopaedic … 71 66 223 50 294 Urology … … … … — — — — — Ophthalmology … … … 0 0 115 2 115 Gynaecology … … … 8 2 447 11 455 Psychiatric Children … … … — — — — — Psycho-Geriatric … … … 0 0 52 2 52 Total … … … 140 101 2,617 330 2,757 2,890 at the lower rate where blindness is recorded as the main, or only, cause of disablement.