HC Deb 26 January 1981 vol 997 c309W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people are awaiting admission to hospital for treatment in the Wolverhampton area at the latest convenient date, broken down into the categories of complaint for which they are awaiting treatment.

Sir George Young

At 30 September 1980, the latest date for which information is centrally available, the number of people awaiting admission to hospital in the Wolverhampton area was 4,429, as follows:

General medicine 19
Neurology 2
Geriatrics 12
General surgery 1,469
Ear, nose and throat 219
Traumatic and orthopaedic 652
Ophthalmology 1,033
Radiotherapy 8
Urology 316
Thoracic surgery 13
Gynaecology 520
Mental illness 60
Dental surgery 106

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