§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many cases are presently awaiting admission to hospitals in the West Surrey and North-East Hants area health authority; how many of these are cases in need of urgent treatment; what is the average length that patients in his area have to wait for admission; what has been the comparable wait for each of the last four years; and if he will provide a further breakdown of those on waiting lists into the main sectors of medical need.
§ Mr. MoyleInformation on waiting lists follows. Information on waiting time is not readily available.
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30TH SEPTEMBER 1977 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 … … … 2 0 2 0 4 Geriatrics … … … … — — — — — General Surgery … … … 40 33 1,291 347 1,331 ENT … … … … 29 22 436 89 465 Traumatic and orthopaedic … 105 94 163 23 268 Urology … … … … — — — — — Ophthalmology … … … 0 0 105 1 105 Gynaecology … … … 41 17 397 11 438 Psychiatric Children … … — — — — — Psycho-Geriatric … … … 3 2 33 0 36 Total … … … 223 169 2,427 471 2,650
31st MARCH 1978 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 … … … 12 4 0 0 12 Rheumatology … … … — — — — — Geriatrics … … … … 0 0 4 0 4 General Surgery … … … 73 55 1,350 352 1,423 ENT … … … … 72 52 464 59 536 Traumatic and orthopaedic … 208 169 207 31 415 Urology … … … … 5 3 24 0 29 Ophthalmology … … … 0 0 104 1 104 Gynaecology … … … 36 21 406 15 442 Psychiatric Children … … … 4 4 50 2 54 Psycho-Geriatric … … … — — — — — Total … … … 410 308 2,605 460 3,015