§ Mr. Weetchasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, in the Suffolk area health authority, how many people are currently waiting for non-emergency operations; and how this compares with the number doing so at similar dates in the last five years.
§ Dr. VaughanFollowing are the numbers waiting at 30 March 1979, the most recent date for which information is available, and in the three preceding years. Comparable figures for earlier years are not available. Urgent and non-urgent cases are listed, but emergency cases are excluded.
Urgent Non-urgent Total 30 March 1979* 140 5,016 5,156 30 March 1978 85 3,222 3,307 30 March 1977 90 3,223 3,313 30 March 1976 84 3,398 3,482 *Figures for 30 March 1979 are as yet provisional. Source: Statistical return SBH 203.