HC Deb 08 December 1980 vol 995 cc263-4W
Mr. Bob Dunn

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the waiting list for urgent and non-urgent cases by department for the West Hill and Joyce Green hospitals, Dartford.

Sir George Young

Information is not held centrally in the form requested. The two hospitals operate combined waiting lists for in-patient admissions, and at 31 December 1978, the latest date for which figures are available, the numbers awaiting admission were:

General Surgery 481
Ear, Nose and Throat 1,064
Traumatic and Orthopaedic 738
Urology 177
Dental Surgery 166
Gynaecology 384

My hon. Friend may like to contact the Kent area health authority for more detailed information.